Antique Chinese 6 Panel Brush Holder, Handwritten Poetry, Qing Dynasty Or Older

Description

A lovely but distressed, very antique 6 panel bamboo brush holder with handwritten calligraphy on each panel.
The theme of the poetry seems to be flowers blooming in winter and similar topics, usually associated with a scholar that finally passed the official examinations late in life.
Condition is not great. There is a lot of staining over the whole body, as visible in photos and woodworms, now all long dead,have hollowed out much of this object.
Still, this is an incredible piece of very old Chinese art and culture, and if carefully cared for,it has decades or centuries still ahead of it.