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Lot #108 - A Superbly Carved Bamboo Root Brushpot, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century

  • Auction House:
    Mossgreen
  • Sale Name:
    Fine Chinese Works of Art & Ceramics (Part II)
  • Sale Date:
    12 Dec 2016 ~ 6.30pm
  • Lot #:
    108
  • 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
  • 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
  • Notes:
    The subject of pine (song) and cranes (he) is a rebus, songhe changchun (may you stay young forever)
  • Estimate:
    A$30,000 - 40,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Oriental

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