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1182 references to heavenly music, followed by a
signature, Changshan, and a bamboo motif.
TWO BAMBOO FLUTES
19TH CENTURY 31¡ and 27Ω in. (79.7 and 69.9 cm.) long (2)
Each is carved from a length of bamboo, $2,000-3,000
with fve key holes on top and two fnger
holes on the bottom. One is incised with PROVENANCE
a couplet on making acquaintances and
gaining knowledge from reading; the other is Nicholas Grindley, London, 1998.
incised with a couplet adapted from a poem
by Li Shangyin (813-c.858) which made 清十九世紀 竹簫兩件
1183
A DEHUA BAMBOO-FORM FLUTE
EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The fute is shaped as a section of bamboo,
with a notch at the mouth end, a collar with
circular bosses at the other end, and fnger
holes in between. There is a knotted tie
through a hole at one end. The fute is stored
in three ftted boxes, the largest with an
inscription dated to the Meiji period.
22¡ in. (56.8 cm.) long, Japanese and Chinese
wooden boxes
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
Kagedo Gallery, Orcas, Washington.
LITERATURE
S. Little, Spirit Stones of China, the Ian and
Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese Stones,
Paintings, and Related Scholars’ Objects,
Chicago, 1999, no. 66.
清十七世紀 德化竹節蕭
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