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Property of a Bay Area Collector Property of a Private California Collection

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A carved huali brush pot, bitong A carved Chenxiangmu brush pot, bitong
Qing dynasty Qing dynasty
Carved from a single piece of wood to form a natural gnarled surface, the of cylindrical form, the surface elegantly carved utilizing the natural
surface a rich, honey-brown tone, with separate hongmu base plug. configuration of the wood to form knots and budding branches on the
7 1/8in (18 cm) high well-worn surface.
$2,000 - 3,000 5 1/4in (13.3cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance:
The Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection of Fine Classical Chinese Provenance:
Furniture, Christie’s New York, 18 September 1997, lot 90. Private California collection

Literature: Property of Another Owner
Robert P. Piccus, Wood From the Scholar’s Table, Chinese Hardwood
Carvings and Scholar’s Articles, Hong Kong, 1984, pp. 34-35. 8097
A pair of “liuqing” style bamboo wrist rests
Zhu Wenyou, 19th century
Attractively carved in liuqing technique retaining the lighter skin above the
striated inner fiber, each rest depicting a woman leaning on a wutong tree
with a walking crane, each inscribed in low relief reading Qiu tong shi nv
tu in clerical script, dated yiwei and signed Wenyou followed by a carved
relief seal reading Zhu.
12 1/2in (31.5cm) long, each
$2,000 - 3,000

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