Lot #108 - A Superbly Carved Bamboo Root Brushpot, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Fine Chinese Works of Art & Ceramics (Part II)
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Sale Date:12 Dec 2016 ~ 6.30pm
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Lot #:108
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Lot Description:A Superbly Carved Bamboo Root Brushpot, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century
in the form of a hollow pine trunk, finely carved in the round with two cranes standing beside a pine tree under a gnarled branch, the bark of the tree with raised scales, a cluster of pine needles edging over the rim of the pot; fitted hardwood base
11.5 cm high -
Provenance:acquired by a private collector in Hong Kong in the 1950s-1960s and passed on by descent
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References:see Appreciation of Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Horn, Tianan, 1995, plate 30 for a similar example in the Nanjing Museum; also for two brushpots in the same style attributed to the 17th century, see Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part 1, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1982, cat. no. 4 & 5 and part 11, no. 5; also see Sotheby's HK, The Robert Blumenfield Collection of Chinese Bamboo Carvings, 7/4/2015, lot 3054 for a very similar example from Sydney L. Moss, London
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Notes:The subject of pine (song) and cranes (he) is a rebus, songhe changchun (may you stay young forever)
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Estimate:A$30,000 - 40,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Oriental
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