A SUPERBLY CARVED AND IMPORTANT LARGE OVAL BAMBOO BRUSH POT
EARLY 17TH CENTURY
A SUPERBLY CARVED AND IMPORTANT LARGE OVAL BAMBOO BRUSH POT EARLY 17TH CENTURY Very finely and deeply carved in multiple layers of relief with a highly detailed scene of scholars and attendants in a densely forested retreat of various types of trees growing amidst outcroppings of rocks, on one side two scholars are seated in conversation as an attendant holding a staff hung with a double-gourd flask stands nearby, on the other side two scholars stand holding gnarled staffs as they inspect a lingzhi stem which had probably been collected by an attendant carrying further lingzhi stems as he crosses a stone bridge that spans a rushing stream, one of the rock faces inscribed with a five-character inscription, Wuqu Tang Ying hua (painted by Tang Ying from Wuqu), and two seals, Zhu and Zhizheng, with hardwood rim and base, the base inscribed with a seal, Yijin Zhai cang (Yijin Zhai collection) 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high, cloth box
A SUPERBLY CARVED AND IMPORTANT LARGE OVAL BAMBOO BRUSH POT
EARLY 17TH CENTURY
A SUPERBLY CARVED AND IMPORTANT LARGE OVAL BAMBOO BRUSH POT EARLY 17TH CENTURY Very finely and deeply carved in multiple layers of relief with a highly detailed scene of scholars and attendants in a densely forested retreat of various types of trees growing amidst outcroppings of rocks, on one side two scholars are seated in conversation as an attendant holding a staff hung with a double-gourd flask stands nearby, on the other side two scholars stand holding gnarled staffs as they inspect a lingzhi stem which had probably been collected by an attendant carrying further lingzhi stems as he crosses a stone bridge that spans a rushing stream, one of the rock faces inscribed with a five-character inscription, Wuqu Tang Ying hua (painted by Tang Ying from Wuqu), and two seals, Zhu and Zhizheng, with hardwood rim and base, the base inscribed with a seal, Yijin Zhai cang (Yijin Zhai collection) 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high, cloth box
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