A Chinese nut boat sculpture, with poem.
A Chinese nut boat sculpture, with poem.
Intricately carved with attendants fanning under the awning and passengers looking out, rendered with openable windows, the underside incised with a poem and a cyclical dating. Length approximately 4 cm. Total height incl. the base 3.5 cm.
The general impression is good.
Literature
the vogue for miniature crafts, including carving on olive, peach, walnut and various other fruit stones was started during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor and remained popular throughout the Qing and Republican era. Examples of imperial miniature craft are illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Miniature Craft in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, pls. 1-50, with an introduction to its history, pp. 78-9.
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