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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RONALD W. LONGSDORF
2903
A SPOTTED BAMBOO CARRIER FOR BRUSHES AND
SCROLLS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The bamboo carrier unwraps to reveal its spotted surface on one side, and the other
attached with a delicate layer of yellow silk that folds out into two semi-overlapping sheets.
22 æ in. x 22 ¬ in. (58 cm. x 57.5 cm.), box
HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500
PROVENANCE
Curtis Evarts
The carrier functions similarly to the fude-maki square bamboo mats still widely used in Japan
for wrapping ink brushes. Such scholarly objects are remnants of ancient bamboo covers used by
the Chinese to envelop their books or juan in bundles when stored away, and can be historically
traced back to the Tang through Song dynasties, see a line-drawing representation included by
Robert H. Van Gulik, Chinese Pictorial Art as Viewed by the Connoisseur, Rome, 1958, p. 220 (fig. 1). fig. 1 After Robert H. Van Gulik, Chinese
Pictorial Art as Viewed by the Connoisseur,
Rome, 1958, p. 220
清十八世紀 湘妃竹編卷帙 圖一 高羅佩，《書畫鑑賞彙編》，羅馬，1958 年，
頁 220
古時書卷成束，帙的作用如書套般，用以包裹書畫卷軸，多見於唐宋年間，見圖示於高羅佩，
《書畫鑑賞彙編》，羅馬，1958 年，頁 220。（圖一）

來源
Curtis Evarts
Ronald W. Longsdorf 珍藏

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