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Finely carved with a beautiful and delicate original brown patina.
Both cups are decorated with squirrels under pine-trees.

China 17th century.

Height : 8 cm / 3.1 in. Length : 15 cm / 5.9 in.
Height : 7 cm / 2.8 in. Length : 14 cm / 5.5 in.

Provenance:
European Private Collection.
American Private Collection.

Similar Example:
Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carving, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, n° 1 page 2 and n°2 page 3.

The Palace Museum Collection of Elite Carving, n°1 page 30.

Ming and Qing Bamboo by Simone Kwan, n°59 page 265.

Symbols and Rebuses in Chinese Art, Fang Jing Pei, Page 19, from the Ji Zhen Zhai collection.

Scultures sur bamboo des dynasties Ming et Ching, Musée de la fondation Chang, Paris 1988.
"Gobelet orné de pins en haut relief"
"Gobelet en forme de corne de rhinocéros orné de pins"

Scholar's Accoutrement from the Jiansong Ge Collection, Page 58.