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290 When the Song dynasty litterateur Su Dongpo (1037-1101) was first
A SMALL BAMBOO ‘RED CLIFF’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG sent to Huangzhou in exile for opposing reformist policies at court,
18th century he passed by the supposed site of the naval battle of the Red Cliffs
Crisply carved in high relief with three scholars on a boating party while (AD208). Su wrote the two poems on the Red Cliffs commemorating
a further two attendants guide the boat below craggy pine-strewn the valor and bravery of the historical heroes that fought in the battle
cliffs, the reverse left plain showing a patina of reddish brown tone. long past, while also voicing his own sense of nostalgia, loss and
12cm (4 3/4in) high receding into the pages of history. His poems have since entered into
the Chinese literary canon and are a continuously popular motif for
£6,000 - 10,000 CNY55,000 - 92,000 artists and poets. See R.Egan, Word, Image, and Deed in the Life of
HK$66,000 - 110,000 Su Shi, Cambridge MA, 1994, pp.221-228.

十八世紀 竹雕赤壁夜遊筆筒 Compare with a related brushpot carved with a scene of Su Dongpo
cruising under the Red Cliff, dated to the late 18th century, illustrated
Provenance: acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., London, by Ip Yee and L.Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, Hong Kong,
circa 1980s (label) 1978, pp.288-289.
An English private collection

來源： 於約1980年購自倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.（標籤）
英國私人收藏

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