Lot 5113. A bamboo-root waterpot, Qing dynasty; 7.9 cm, 3 1/8  in. Estimate 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Sold for 37,500 HKD (4,437 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's.

of compressed globular form, naturalistically carved from a bamboo-root section with horizontal grooves and a circular mouth, left undecorated in appreciation of the stippled grain, the patina of a warm honey-brown tone.  

Sotheby's. EYE/EAST, Hong Kong, 22 May 2020