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55 A CARVED BAMBOO ‘MEIREN’
BRUSHPOT
㶭 䪡 QING DYNASTY, 17TH / EARLY 18TH
⋩ 晽 CENTURY
ᶫġ 伶 of cylindrical form supported on three low rectangular feet, See a brushpot carved with a very similar scene, formerly in the
İġ Ṣ carved in high relief with a sprawling scholar’s garden enclosing collection of Dr. Ip Yee and included in the exhibition Chinese
⋩ ⚾ two studios, one studio with a woman at a writing desk with Bamboo Carving, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1978,
ℓ 䫮 brush in hand, an attendant standing nearby with a fan, a cat. no. 48, where it is noted that buildings of this type with
ᶾ 䫺 second attendant approaching with a cup of tea, the studio’s rounded roofs often appear in 17th century woodblock prints. For
䲨 lattice walls, drawn curtains, and rounded roof described in low other bamboo brushpots depicting ladies engaged in scholarly
⇅ġġġ relief, the lotus pond outside with massive blooms and leaves activities, see one sold in these rooms, 26th February 1981, lot
and surrounded by balustraded paths, the second studio in the 311; and another sold at Christie’s London, 6th June 2000, lot
distance, rockwork and leafy trees rising all around, the bamboo 154.
of reddish-brown color with lustrous patina
$ 20,000-30,000
Height 6⅛ in., 15.5 cm

PROVENANCE Ը๕
Sotheby’s New York, 28th February 1980, lot 43. 䲸䲬喯⭴㭼IJĺĹı⸜ij㚰ijĹ㖍炻䶐嘇ĵĴ
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 23rd November 1982. œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹij⸜IJIJ㚰ijĴ㖍
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻
Irving, no. 845.
䶐嘇ĹĵĶ

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