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AN INSCRIBED BAMBOO AN INSCRIBED BAMBOO A CARVED BAMBOO ‘LIUQING’
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QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of arched rectangular form, the convex surface the arched surface inscribed with an inscription deftly carved in the liuqing technique with
skilfully carved with an excerpt from Qu Yuan’s from Lanting xu (Preface to the Orchid Pavilion), two scholars leisurely lying beneath a large
poem Li Sao, signed Hongzhou, the wood of a with an inscription reading Xiaocuo erxiong daren overhanging pine branch issuing from craggy
warm russet-brown patina yawan, jiashen chun zhong yinshen ke (For the rockwork, the upper section inscribed with a
30 cm, 11¾ in. elegant amusement of Xiaocuo, carved during poetic inscription and signed Yun Gu, lightly
the second month of the cyclical yinshen year carved through the paler ochre skin to the warm
LITERATURE by Yinsheng), the wood of a mellow brown, old honey-brown body beneath
Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East, fitted box 22.4 cm, 8⅞ in.
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1979, pl. 107. (2)
43.4 cm, 17⅛ in. PROVENANCE
£ 3,000-4,000 Acquired in the 1930s, Beijing (by repute).
HK$ 31,000-41,300 US$ 3,950-5,300 LITERATURE Collection of Grice Loan.
Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East,
清十九世紀 竹刻「離騷」臂擱
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1979, pl. 105. EXHIBITED
《古歙竹漁洪週書》款 Victoria & Albert Museum, London (on loan).
£ 3,000-5,000
出版 HK$ 31,000-52,000 US$ 3,950-6,600 £ 6,000-8,000
《Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East》 HK$ 62,000-82,500 US$ 7,900-10,600
清十九世紀 竹刻「蘭亭序」臂擱
， Spink & Son， 倫敦，1979年， 編號107
《甲申春仲寅生刻》款 清十九世紀 竹雕留青松陰納涼圖臂擱
《雲谷》款
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《Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East》 來源
， Spink & Son， 倫敦，1979年， 編號105 1930年代購自北京（傳）
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