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七 74. Openwork incense holder of cylindrical form, carved with a standing scholar and a seated boy washing an inkstone beside a stream
十 amongst branches of wutong and pine, on a pierced rockwork ground beneath a viewing pavilion and clouds, the stone pale celadon
四 with opaque white flecks.
7 ¼ inches, 18.5 cm high with wood ends.
鏤 Ming/Qing dynasty, 17th century.
雕
洗 • From an important French collection.
硯 • A similar example is illustrated by James C. Y. Watt in Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, no. 61, p.
圖
香 84, where the author notes, ‘This form of incense burner, or joss-stick holder was popularised by bamboo carvers of the late
筒 Ming period. The subject carved on these incense burners, like that on jade mountains, is usually the land of the immortals. In
accordance with the style of the bamboo incense burners, which are usually fitted with hardwood ends stained to a dark colour.’
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白
玉
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末
清
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