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         A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED                   ᪺༒ᶑ   ♟᠂ดⒿᖎⅮᕖ˘Ỷ㔌ॲ⓺┆
         BAMBOO-INLAID ZITAN ‘POET AND WINE’                                         Ǘ㧤ὍǘᢎǍǗ೙ἕǘګ
         BRUSH POT
                                                           ϝᬝ
         SIGNED GU JUE, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
                                                           㲞ᳰ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
         The zitan brush pot is carved out of one integral piece of wood
                                                           झ࢈ᇪ㲩ᝧྲྀ⯠⻦卿    ჺ ᝲݣ⻦
         supported on three short feet, finely inlaid on the exterior with
         bamboo, delicately carved depicting a poet, possibly Li Bai,   ✖✢ս࣡ᙠ⡻᨞ㅳᎰ卿ӴᐂӲ᳍㑷卿ᄓ⯝✢೅᳾὞Ӭ㵲ǯം೅
         reclining against two wine jars below gnarled pine trees, lifting   ᓚ⊇㯸ַ⎋༾ူ႙⻱卿ཆ⛛ߴူݣݯԋ卿ս⡻᨞Ԡ᳅ⰰהἃ
         a wine cup towards the moon. The brush pot is further inlaid in   ആⰰ卿ᓼ⥾৿ջഌ㉼՞ឪ⎊ǶᝲӴℒ㜨Ƿ㉼ԋǸ⯟ៀ㚉ᚺᝲ卿
         bamboo with the carver’s signature Gu Jue, followed by the seal of
                                                           ཌᆴᎰӲ՞ǹ㉼ዪ卿ᚺᝲ᱙㫡卿ऒ៏㙸⹨卿ឪ⎊჈஠⩧ஶ卿㕇
         his studio name Zong Yu.
                                                           ᇌ჈ӳݦড়⚨എ⎊೉卿ӬགӬ㧷卿എ⎊ӬᏛᘒᖒ㕇㵲卿ӬᏛᑥ
         7 ¿ in. (18 cm.) high, box
                                                           ៀ卿㚉ᝲݬ㱀卿⊺ዪ㵶ᷛ卿ᦔሲឪ⎊Ӳᑨ⯟ៀ⡿❥卿ߴࠧ㉼՞
         HK$400,000-600,000              US$52,000-77,000  մ㰍ۓ㵓Ԡ৅ሻ卿ᴽ┱⊂࡚ǯᏒߴ⛛჈Ǯㄜ჌⡿❥⠢༗卿ἃ㰀
                                                           ᭄⠢㫌⡿ߴԠ⻱ワ⁞ᇨヿ→ǯူ⛛ߴǸ㰀Ⅹǹ᪪卿ࣿǸ໵ℱǹ
         PROVENANCE
         A Hong Kong private collection                    㧩ᙹࣇ⛌⡠ǯ
         The Dexinshuwu Collection, Taipei, acquired in August, 1996
                                                           㰀Ⅹ卿ໃ໵ℱ卿ᮅ⼖ૃ໸՞卿᰻㔮ᙻᄮǮ㫇ჺ㧿ǯձ⎏ߴ⛛卿
         The present example is carved out of a single block of zitan   Ӭंប᭄✙՞۔⢴⎏ჹᲶ഍὞⎏㰍ᡟ卿㖿श⠢㫌⡿ߴ卿औ㨽㓵
         wood, which is highly unusual among zitan brush pots, as   ᇎ卿⯇ᎰӬ།卿ᅸ㯅⅏≁ႛㅳӬ᰾Ԡ㰍㴡ǯ὞ݯה⊇ᛞ≾അ卿
         most examples are hollowed in the centre of the base and   㫬⣌ӬՀჺԠ࠻ᙹज໭Ꮀ卿ᘢ۔ӽה৅Ὅᄃǯទ✖✢ս⡻᨞ူ
         inserted with a separate wood plug to avoid cracking of
         the material. The master bamboo carver Gu Jue, whose   ⛛㫌ᝲӴℒ㜨எ✖✢卿ཆណǮ⛛Հ⻱⢙भ㫌ལ卿ᝤἃℒ⁞卿ត
         designation was known as Zong Yu, was a native of Jiangsu   ㇦ݯձս᫉႙⻱ㅳה⎏㰀Ⅹ׾ຽǯ
         province and was active during the Kangxi period. No other
         bamboo-inlaid wood brush pot bearing his signature is known.  㰀Ⅹ⎏⛛㫌✖✢༯༯Ὅᄃ卿जࣻ㇦Ӭ׾卿    ჺ ᝲ  ᚚᙻ㲞
                                                           ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅    ⽚ǯऔ㇦⧻இ㇛㪿எࢷ⁒㱦⻦Ӭ׾卿
         There are only very few extant bamboo brush pots signed by   㖊Ƕԋஇ⛛ߴ⻱ワǷӳ卿㲞ᳰ⻱ワ㱦卿    ჺ卿ᆭⰰஎஎ‸
         Gu Jue. One was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005,
         lot 1293. Another is in the Seattle Art Museum see, Chinese   ⽚厎ࣿ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ׾卿ӳߴǸႠ㜥օ೽㰀໵ℱㅳǹ
         Bamboo Carving, Part I, Hong Kong, 1978, p. 89, col. pl. 19.   ᪪卿ⶬ㢙ᙻ    ჺ࢈՗߅‸Ƕᘢ༈㫌ߴⅧⵧǷ卿எ‸  ⽚ǯ
         Compare also the brush pot signed Jiyou zhongxia Gu Zongyu
         zhi, ‘Made by Gu Zongyu in the Summer of jiyou year’, in the
         Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in The Palace Museum
         Collection of Elite Carvings, Forbidden City Publishing House,
         Beijing, 2002, p. 55, no. 26.























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