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A CARVED BAMBOO 'FIGURES AND Although unsigned, the quality of the 筆筒圓口，下乘三矮足，外壁通景雕刻郭子
LANDSCAPE' BRUSHPOT, BITONG workmanship on this superbly carved 儀返鄉圖，整體運用了陷地高浮雕兼陰刻技
17th century brushpot closely relates to that on brushpots 法，描繪了大唐汾陽王郭子儀返鄉受到地方
Of cylindrical form supported on three short by known carvers active in the late Ming and 官員、鄉村隱士及家人恭迎的情景。畫面中
bracket feet, deeply and finely carved in a early Qing dynasty. The detailed scene and 山巒重叠，壑深林密，溪水蜿蜒，構圖緊
continuous scene with the General Guo Ziyi figures depicted is carved with the uttermost 凑，色澤深渾含蓄，刻工圓潤平滑。工匠一
greeted by local officials, with attendants naturalistic sensitivity. The natural contours 般會把當時流行稿樣雕刻於作品上，因此這
carrying books and acolytes leaving the of the mountainous landscape, skillfully cut 些采用了繪畫佈局的竹雕筆筒通常構圖完
brewing tea unattended, the bamboo with a out in varying levels of relief, rank it alongside 整。參考一件2018年5月18日至6月17日展
warm honey-brown tone. famous works in museum and private 覽於上海嘉定竹刻博物館的顧鈺款迎駕圖筆
16cm (6 1/4in) high. collections. 筒，見《竹緣匠心：明清嘉定竹刻精品》，
上海，2018年，頁118-119。另參考一件清宮
HKD200,000 - 250,000 For bamboo brushpots of similar quality, 舊藏描繪同樣題材顧鈺款筆筒，雖然該畫與
US$26,000 - 32,000 with closely-related style of composition, see 此拍品構圖不完全相同，但後者仍見畫意，
a brushpot signed by Gu Yu depicted with 見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：竹木牙角
十七世紀 竹雕迎駕圖筆筒 the same scene, exhibited in the Shanghai 雕刻》，上海，2002年，圖版39。
Museum of Bamboo Carvings, illustrated in
The Fine Art Collection of Jiading Bamboo
Carving of Ming and Qing Dynasty, Shanghai,
2018, pp.118-119; also see a bamboo
brushpot signed by Gu Yu from the Qing
Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn
Carvings, Hong Kong, 2002, pl.39.

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