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A RARE INSCRIBED BLACK 清康熙
LACQUERED IVORY 象牙加漆刻攜琴訪友圖題詩筆筒
BRUSHPOT 題詩:
QING DYNASTY, 流水來天洞,人間一脈通;
桃源知不遠,流出落花紅。
KANGXI PERIOD (句出元張志純〈題桃花峪〉詩)
of cylindrical form resting on a countersunk base, the exterior
lacquered black and reverse-decorated with a continuous
scene depicting an idyllic landscape situated amongst
towering mountains and villagers engaging in various
activities, including one riding a donkey, one looking up at
the jagged boulders and accompanied by an attendant and a
fisherman on a sampan and casting a net, the tranquil setting
further marked with pavilions emerging from behind the
mountain ranges and verdant vegetation, the upper section
inscribed with a poem in cursive script by the Yuan-dynasty
poet Zhang Zhichun denoting the paradisiacal landscapes
of the legendary peach orchard ‘Peach Blossom Spring’, all
between two bands of key-fret borders
13.2 cm, 5¼ in.
◉ HK$ 1,200,000-1,500,000
US$ 153,000-192,000
110 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比