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AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION OF SCHOLARLY WORKS OF ART   LOTS 285!343
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           A CARVED BAMBOO ‘SCHOLARS’       A CARVED BAMBOO ‘SEVEN            A SMALL INSCRIBED BAMBOO
           BRUSHPOT                         SAGES’ BRUSHPOT                   ‘FIGURES IN LANDSCAPE’
           17TH/18TH CENTURY                QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH           BRUSHPOT
                                            CENTURY                           QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
           of waisted cylindrical form supported on three
           short bracket feet, carved around the exterior   of cylindrical form raised on three short feet, the   of slender cylindrical form with a concave
           with a continuous rocky scene enclosing a scholar   sides deeply carved with a continuous scene of   base, the exterior Þ nely carved in relief with
           and his attendants beneath towering gnarled   scholars and their attendants engaged in various   a continuous tranquil waterscape depicting
           pine trees interspersed with swirling clouds, with   leisurely pursuits, two engaged in a game of   Þ gures by a pavilion surrounded by overhanging
           a lone crane ß ying above, patinated to a rich   go while a third watches, two conversing, two   rockwork and trees, incised with a poetic
           reddish-brown tone               painting at a table, in a mountain landscape   inscription, signed Zhu Xi, the bamboo patinated
           14.1 cm, 5½ in.                  surrounded by craggy rockwork, gnarled pine   to a warm brown colour
                                            trees and bamboo groves, the surface of a rich   11 cm, 4⅜ in.
           PROVENANCE
                                            deep reddish-brown patina
           Collection of Mr and Mrs R. Soame Jenyns,   16 cm, 6¼ in.          £ 3,000-5,000    US$ 4,250-7,100
           Bottisham, Cambridgeshire.
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                                            Bamboo and Wood Carvings of China and the      ϶๣‘ಛ
           Bamboo and Wood Carvings of China and the   East, Spink & Son, London, 1979, pl. no. 7.
           East, Spink & Son, London, 1979, pl. 13.  15.8cm
           LITERATURE                       £ 3,000-5,000    US$ 4,250-7,100
           Watson, Chinese Art: The Minor Arts,  London,
           1963, pl. 197.                   ૶ɤɞ ɤɘ˰ߏ   ϶ᎉ϶؍ɖሬྡഅഇ
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