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A SMALL BAMBOO WRIST REST An example of a bamboo brush pot dated to
18TH-19TH CENTURY the Kangxi period and carved with a Zong Yu
seal, though the style is slightly diferent, is in
The wrist rest is carved in low relief and the Seattle Art Museum and illustrated by Ip
undercut in a naturalistic manner with Yee and Lawrence C.S. Tam, Chinese Bamboo
bamboo, prunus and a rock formation. Carving, Part I, Hong Kong, 1978, p. 89, col.
Together with a bamboo cylindrical message pl. 19. Compare, also, the brush pot dated to
holder, 18th-19th century, carved and the early Qing period, signed Jiyou zhongxia
reticulated with two scholars seated under Gu Zongyu zhi, ‘Made by Gu Zongyu in the
a pine tree, one holding a brush while the Summer of Jiyou year’, in the Palace Museum
other watches, and an attendant stands Collection, illustrated in The Palace Museum
nearby, possibly fanning a brazier. A two- Collection of Elite Carvings, Beijing, 2002, p.
character seal mark, Zong Yu, is incised 55, no. 26.
next to the scene.
清十八/十九世紀 竹雕梅竹壽石圖小臂擱
3 ¬ in. (9.2 cm.) high (2)
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
Wrist rest: Midori Gallery Inc., Florida,
1988.
The master carver Gu Jue, whose studio name
is Zong Yu, was a native of Jiangsu province
and was active during the Kangxi period. Gu’s
renowned style is characterised by carvings in
high relief and attention to details. Figures and
mountain-landscape themes were among his
favoured topics.
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A CARVED BAMBOO WRIST REST
19TH CENTURY
The convex top is carved with a scene of an
old man holding a staff amidst mountains
and pines, and with an inscription reading
juan shi pen chi lue jian xi shan jing zhi (‘The
scrolling rock and small basin resembles the
scenery of mountain and creek’), followed
by a double square seal mark, which possibly
reads Shanren (‘mountain man’).
9√ in. (25.1 cm.) long
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London.
清十九世紀 竹雕高士圖臂擱
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