Marked sterling silver with makers mark an attractive perfume bottle/sprinkler with bottle encased in a traditional bamboo design.

Bamboo, zhu, is a quintessential plant in Chinese art. It is a very auspicious plant. The name of bamboo, zhu,is the same sound as the word zhu, to wish, to pray for or congratulate. Bamboo is evergreen, durable and flourishes throughout the cold winter. For this reason, bamboo is an emblem of steadfastness and longevity. Bamboo symbolises a number of moral qualities or virtues like endurance, strength, righteousness, humility and flexibility. Bambo will bend with the wind but not break, remain strong rooted and survive even the strongest storms. Traditionally these are the ideal virtues of the scholar and literati.

Fine condition.height approx 12.5 cms