Chinese bamboo scholars brush pot

Qing Dynasty (c. 18th/19th c.), cylindrical wood pot elaborately carved in two high relief panels, one depicting five people in various pursuits in a mountain village, the other depicting two elder scholars, with carved inscriptions between panels, 6"h x 4.5"dia

Condition: Fair/Poor, nice old surface, hairline cracks and separations throughout, impressions to inner lip

Provenance: Property removed from 344 West 72nd Street, NY