The largest，11.3 cm.（4 1/2 in.）wide

One pot with two seals，a square seal reading Zhu Wen You Zhi（made by Zhu Wenyou），and a rectangular seal which reads Mi --- Tang（second character illegible），the other pot with a lengthy inscription followed by a small seal，the inscription reads Jiang Nan Shui Xiang Ju Yi Xian，Wenyou（living and relaxing in a water village of the Southern Yangtze River，Wenyou，and followed by the seal Zhu.
The liuqing technique，one favoured by the one of China’s most outstanding master carvers Zhang Zonglue（hao Xihuang），requires a method of carving that involved the clever manipulation of the contrasting colors of the smooth greenish bamboo skin and the darker more fibrous inner layer of the stalk.
See Sotheby’s Hong Kong，Water Pine and Stone Retreat Collection – Scholarly Art II，4 April 2012，Lot 120 and also Simon Kwan，Ming and Qing Bamboo，University Museum and Art Gallery，The University of Hong Kong，2000

Price estimate:
HKD: 120,000 - 180,000
USD: 15,600 - 23,300

Auction Result:
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