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A 'HUANGHUALI' INSCRIBED LITERATURE 清十八 / 十九世紀 黃花梨刻詩
BRUSHPOT Karen Thomson, ed., The Blema and H. Arnold 文筆筒
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH Steinberg Collection, Montreal, 2015, pls 173-
CENTURY 173a. 《雲岩氏》《磻溪居士》款
Zhou Li, hao name Yunyan, was from a family
of slightly waisted cylindrical form, rising to a 來源
gently rounded rim and supported on a slightly of well-known carvers. He was the nephew of Ronald W. Longsdorf 收藏
splayed, chamfered low foot, the exterior the famous carver, Zhou Hao (1685-1773), an Nicholas Grindley，紐約，2013年3月
carved on one side with a six-line inscription in all-round literary craftsman and artist but best
running script, the other with a six-character known for his work with bamboo. 出版
auspicious wish in seal script reading da fu Karen Thomson 編，《The Blema and H.
gui yi shou cao ('may you have wealth and ◉ $ 20,000-30,000 Arnold Steinberg Collection》，蒙特利
longevity') and signed Zhou Li 爾，2015年，圖版173及173a
Height 6 in., 15.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection.
Nicholas Grindley, New York, March 2013.

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