Chinese Enhanced Burl Wood Tree Trunk ContainerChinese scholars are fond of objects from nature and large burlwood pots became a necessary piece of decorative object in a scholar's studio. Its function is to hold Chinese scrolls. The object is made from a tree trunk and its unusual shape was the natural form of the mother tree. The unusual opening is a flux created by Mother Nature. A wood carver carved two finials that resemble the ends of Chinese paintings. The knarly rough texture and the

it is a bottle of significant size and appearance

This necklace has not been cleaned

The provenance is most possibly Shanxi Province where stately homes are preserved in several sites by UNESCO

The shape of the bottle is very similar to the flattened snuff bottles of the 18 century

there was a resurgence of this art form

circa 1920's

The sides are made of two rectangular planes

5 inches wide x 0

After the end of the Cultural Revolution in the 1970's

but the subject matter - thirteen snow monkeys is Japanese

enjoy objects of nature

The condition is excellent