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291 For a bamboo brushpot also carved and signed by Shaoxi in the
A PAIR OF BAMBOO ‘RED CLIFF’ BRUSHPOTS, BITONG collection of Dr Ip Yee, see Chinese Bamboo Carving Part I, Hong
Signed Shaoxi, cyclically dated to Jiachen year, corresponding to Kong Museum of Art, 1978, pp.298-299. Another brushpot of similar
AD1784 or 1844 and of the period design dating to either AD1774 or 1834, but by a different artist, is
Both exteriors carved in shallow relief with continuous scenes illustrated in the same volume, pp.288-289.
depicting Su Shi’s visits to Red Cliff, on one brushpot Su Shi is on a
boat with scholarly companions while attendants steer the boat and Both brushpots are inscribed, one with the title ‘Former Depiction of
fan a stove, on the other brushpot the boating party have arrived at Red Cliff’ (前赤壁圖), the second brushpot titled ‘Latter Depiction of
their destination and roam amidst the scenery, both brushpots with Red Cliff’ (後赤壁圖). Both are cyclically dated to the Jiachen year,
mountainous landscapes brimming with with craggy pine trees and corresponding to either 1784 or 1844. Both brushpots are also
rocks. signed by Shaoxi: one inscribed ‘Made by Shaoxi’ (少溪作), the other
Each 11.5cm (4 1/2in) high (2). inscribed ‘Mountain Hermit Shaoxi’ (少溪山人).

£4,000 - 6,000 CNY37,000 - 55,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000

甲辰年（AD1784或1844） 竹雕前後赤壁圖題字筆筒 一對
「少溪作」行書刻款

Provenance: a Scottish private collection, acquired circa 1920,
and thence by descent

來源： 蘇格蘭私人收藏，購於約1920年代，並由後人保存迄今

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