A group of carved bamboo scholar's objects


19th/20th centuryIncluding a short bamboo cup incised in blooming and gnarled raised relief prunus branches beside a two-stanza five-character couplet, raised atop a separately carved waisted plinth reticulated in possibly baroque-inspired lotus patterns; and a Japanese vase-stand resembling a shallow irregularly ridged bowl, the underside incised Gado, together with signed tomobako. 5 3/4in (14.6cm) width of vase-stand