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A LARGE BURLWOOD SCEPTER A BURLWOOD SCEPTER
A HARDWOOD SCEPTER China, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 18th– China, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 18th–
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 18th– 19th century 19th century
19th century Minimally carved from a well-patinated and The well-polished and patinated burlwood
Naturalistically carved in the form of a cut polished twisted length of burlwood, one end carved in the form of a slender stem of
blade of grass, a smaller blade of grass to suggesting the head of a dragon lotus, an unfurled leaf at one side, rising to a
one side, the tip curled over, inscribed on With a Japanese double wooden storage box blossoming lotus flower
one side Wuyi ziran 無為自然 (Natural and 23 1/4in (59cm) long With a Japanese wooden storage box
uncontrived), the other side with a Chinese 14in (25.5cm) long
poem Haojin cuilou zhuang yese wangsui US$2,200 - 2,800
hongye wuqiusheng 好近翠楼粧夜色枉随紅 US$2,000 - 2,500
葉舞秋声 (I love to approach kingfisher-green
pavilions tinted by the colors of night, red
leaves dancing in carefree curves make an
autumnal sound) and signed Qiujiang yuren
shu bing juan 秋江漁人書並鐫 (Inscribed and
carved by the Autumn River Fisherman) with
seals Qiu 秋 (Autumn) and Jiang 江 (River)
and with a further seal
With a Japanese wooden tomobako storage
box, the lid inscribed Kibori ashiba nyoi
木彫蘆葉如意 (Scepter in the shape of a
blade of grass, carved from wood) and . . .
Ishiyamabō shozō 石山房所蔵 (Ishiyamabō
collection)
15 3/8in (39cm) long

US$1,200 - 1,500
Provenance
Ishiyamabō 石山房 collection

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