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1172 清 金農（傳） 菖蒲 設色紙本 立軸
JIN NONG (ATTRIBUTED TO, 1687-1763) 題識：四月十四菖蒲生日也。余屑元人林松泉代郡鹿
Basin with Acorus Grass 膠墨一螺，乃爲寫真，并作難老之歌稱其壽雲：蒲乙
郎鬚髪古，四月楚天青可數。紅蘭遮戶尚吐花，紫桐
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper 翻階正垂乳。寫真特爲祝長生，一醆清泉當清醑。行
29 ¿ x 12 ¡ in. (74.1 x 31.6 cm.) 年七十老未娶，南山之下石家女，與郎倫合好眉嫵。
Inscribed and signed by the artist, with two seals 曲江外史金農。
Further inscribed, with two seals of the artist 鈐印：古泉、冬心先生
One collector’s seal 又題：越夕又成一詩，爲蒲郎解嘲。此生不愛結新
㛰，亂髪蓬頭老瓦盆。茣道無人充供養，眼前香草是
$4,000-6,000 兒孫。壽門鐙下書。
鈐印：金農印信，壽門
LITERATURE 鑑藏印：休陽窪承諴某亭氏鑑藏

S. Little, Spirit Stones of China, the Ian and Susan
Wilson Collection of Chinese Stones, Paintings, and
Related Scholars’ Objects, Chicago, 1999, no. 42.

1173 PROVENANCE

A CARVED BOXWOOD FINGER CITRON-FORM Rootwood handling object: by repute,
HANDLING OBJECT David Kidd (1926-1996) Collection, Japan.
19TH CENTURY
清十九世紀 黃楊木雕佛手把件
The handling object is carved in imitation of a
fnger citron (or ‘Buddha’s fngers’), with the many
‘fngers’ curled inwards. Together with another
carved boxwood fnger citron-form handling
object, 18th century, similarly carved, but with
a small segment of the branch at the top; and a
rootwood handling object, 18th century, the root
curled around a small stone.

4Ω, 2√ and 3¿ in. (11.4, 7.3 and 7.9 cm.) long (3)

$10,000-15,000

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