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AN INSCRIBED BAMBOO Wang Meilin, also known as Wang Heng, 清嘉慶 王梅隣款竹刻「琵琶行」筆筒
BRUSHPOT represents the fourth generation of the famous 「楳」、「隣」印
Wang family of bamboo carvers. A native of
BY WANG MEILIN, QING DYNASTY, Jiading during the Jiaqing Emperor’s reign, Wang 款識：梅隣書
JIAQING PERIOD carved predominantly in low relief. A brushpot of
his in the Shanghai Museum, was included in the
of cylindrical form, raised on three feet, carved
Museum’s exhibition Literati Spirit. Art of Chinese
with a Tang poem by Bai Juyi in clerical script,
Bamboo Carving, Shanghai, 2012, cat. no. 71;
signed Meilin shu with two further seals of the
another example from the Water, Pine and Stone
artist reading Mei and Lin, the text preceded by
Retreat collection, was sold in these rooms, 2nd
an incised seal impression qianyun (‘thousand
June 2016, lot 47.
clouds’)
11.6 cm, 4⅝ in.
HK$ 150,000-250,000
US$ 19,200-32,000

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