A BAMBOO 'PINE AND CRANES' LIBATION CUP 17th/18th century Of naturalistic form, modelled as a knotted trunk section, carved in openwork with two cranes perched on gnarled branches. 12cm (4 3/4in) long. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七/十八世紀 竹雕松鶴紋盃 See a similar bamboo 'pine trunk' libation cup, Kangxi, illustrated by S.Kwan, Ming and Qing Bamboo, Hong Kong, 2000, no.58, where it is noted that 'the shape of the cups that followed the style of rhinoceros horn cups became standardised after the mid and late Kangxi periods. Most of them had designs of old pine trees'. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com