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AN EMBELLISHED AND INSCRIBED ZITAN BRUSHPOT, BITONG The inscription can be translated as:
Late Qing/Republic Period (A gentleman should) keep his heart everlasting,
The exterior of the cylindrical vessel inlaid with skillfully carved His home as elegant as lingzhi and orchid,
soapstone and serpentine pieces, tinted wood, mother-of-pearl, and Hold benevolence and loyalty close like a friend,
coral, displaying geese resting under graceful flowering branches rising And be directed and taught by his morals.
behind artful rocks adorned with lingzhi, and carved with a four-line
inscription in austere regular script, the base sealed with a circular
plug, the dense grain of typical dark whorl.
7 1/2in (19cm) high, 8 3/4in (22.2cm) outer diameter
$8,000 - 12,000
晚清/民國 紫檀嵌百寶刻詩筆筒
款識:
金石其心 芝蘭其室
仁義為友 道德為師
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