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A RARE INSCRIBED BAMBOO ‘MAGNOLIA’
WRISTREST
BY ZHAO ZHICHEN AND GU XIMEI,
INSCRIBED BY WU HUFAN, QING DYNASTY,
JIAQING PERIOD
of arched rectangular form, the top carved with magnolia
blooms borne on long leafy stems, signed Ximei Jushi on the
right and Cixian zhi on the left, the reverse decorated with a
scholar against a background of cloud scrolls, further incised
with an inscription reading Chengcha tu (‘Riding a log raft’) and
Ximou Luo hua (‘Painted by Ximou Luo’), the lower left corner
with a square collector’s seal reading Wu Hufan cang
29.2 cm, 11½ in.

PROVENANCE
Collection of Wu Hufan (1894-1968).
HK$ 150,000-250,000
US$ 19,200-32,000

Another closely related bamboo wristrest by Zhao Zhichen
in the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in Literati Spirit. Art of
Chinese Bamboo Carving, Shanghai, 2001, pl. 83. The current
wristrest was in the collection and inscribed by the artist Wu
Hufan (1894-1968), a prolific collector of classical paintings
and literati works of art. Many of his paintings have the subject
matter of bamboo, including ‘Lush Bamboo by the Rock’, sold
in these rooms, 4th April 2017, lot 1498.

清嘉慶 顧西梅畫趙之琛作吳湖帆藏竹雕玉蘭花臂擱
《西某居士》《次閑製》款
題識：
乘槎圖 西某洛畫
「吳湖颿藏」印
來源：
吳湖帆（1894-1968年）收藏

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