Antique Chinese Carved Bamboo Root in the Shape of a Teapot 19th C
August 2019 Auction by Far East Asian Art

Chinese detailed, inventive, well carved bamboo root that became a teapot.

An old, unusual and imaginative decorative teapot carved from a single bamboo root and uses the shoots of the root as handles and a spout.
The body has nice deep carvings on of bamboo leaves and an etched line border around the teapot lid hole. The handles and spout have carved segment lines that simulate bamboo segments. The base has a shallow foot ring...