Featured Chinese wooden cup

Hi. Here is an old carved chinese wood. In good conditions with some cracks. Really it's a very very fine carved cup shows landscape scense and some men playing or studying... any comments if you please.
Thanks in advance.

 

Are. you sure it's wood and not resin?

 

Yes i'm sure. And it has a fragrant smell

 

Interesting piece.
Looks like it was well handled. Maybe a brush pot?
Have no idea about age.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=chinese+wooden+brush+pot&FORM=HDRSC2

 

It is truly wonderful. I see why you're excited.

 

Really I love it. I love the perspective carving. That's incredible. I'm sure everybody will feel surprised when you see it directly

 

It reminds me of the carved jade pieces I see at museums. The wood gives it a warmth and variation in color that you don't see in stone pieces. That tree is sensational.

 

I want to say bamboo but I can't see any grain or pores in the pics ..odd!

 

Ya, first look bamboo...
2nd look wood
3rd look....resin.
hey it's just a photo....
but
I've never seen bamboo carved like that with no cell srtucture..
what wood is hollow, with no grain...
& it has all the flags for resin...

 

I think it's wood, no bubbles or globules visible that I can find in any of the pics. The crack(s) looks like how wood would crack to me. I think I can see evidence of the ring structure and grain in the last 2 pics.

 

i see what you mean....but resin made to look kinda like wood....would look like that too....
it's one i'd need in my hand !!!

 

Looks like a carved bamboo brush pot to me, the natural bottom is typical, and looking at that top crack in the last pic, can see separating fibers...

~Cheryl

 

Bamboo +1

 

Bamboo +2.

It is stunning, abdel! A wonderful piece, age and beauty, a perfect combination. I love the way the leaves go over the rim.
Antique bamboo that has been handled a lot, like brushpots often have, can get a more smooth, woody look.
The way the fiber goes from one side to the other between two sides of a split is characteristic of bamboo:




Below is another rather woody looking bamboo brushpot:


https://goldenagevintagehomedecor.com/product/chinese-brush-pot-3/

 

Thanks to all for helpful information. sure it's a real wood and maybe agarwood

And because it has a fragrant smell. I found some brush pot sold on christie'

 

Yes, the good ones are certainly of interest to the higher end auctioneers.

 

Well. That's exciting, isn't it. Maybe it was carved to look like bamboo.

 

Really i don't know the kind of wood... bamboo .. agarwood... aloeswood????? That's diffecult.

 

I see your problem. Bamboo is grass not a tree, so weight could be an indicator.

 

These carved brush pots are generally made of bamboo. The depression in the base suggests bamboo (segments). And I think I can see that bamboo cross-section structure in the last photo of the base.
The rim with that tiny pitting looks like bamboo: