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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION

3164

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BRUSH AND
COVER

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

The cylindrical shaft of the pen is finely carved through layers
of cinnabar lacquer depicting two scholars seating under a pine
tree, accompanied by an attendent carrying a tray, while another
figure on a punt paddling through a lush wooded river landscape,
all reserved on various diaper grounds. The cover is carved with a
luohan holding an alms bowl and a monk’s staff seating on a woven
mat, attended by a scholar under a willow tree.
9 º in. (23.5 cm.) long, Japanese wood box

3164 HK$60,000-80,000 US$7,800-10,000

3165 PROVENANCE

164 Kochukyo, Tokyo, acquired prior to 1945
A Japanese private collection, formed during the 1950s and 1960s

⢢ᷕ⯭炻㜙Ṕ炻岤㕤1945⸜ẍ⇵
㖍㛔䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻℞⺢䩳㕤1950⸜ẋ军1960⸜ẋ

PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION

3165

A CARVED BAMBOO PEN BOX

SIGNED ZHANG QIUGU, DATED CYCLICAL DINGCHOU YEAR,
CORRESPONDING TO 1817 AND OF THE PERIOD

The box is carved on the gently arched surface in low relief with
flowering prunus branches, and a poetic inscription on the upper
left side followed by a signature of Zhang Qiugu, dated to the
autumn of dingchou cylical year of Jiaqing, corresponding to 1817,
and a seal, Qiugu.
12 ‰ in. (32.8 cm.) long, Japanese wood box

HK$40,000-60,000 US$5,200-7,800

PROVENANCE

The Hosokawa Family Collection

LITERATURE

Hosokawa Morisada, Ittokuroku, Tokyo, 1982, p. 172, pl. 38

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➪䫮シ炻㕤抌暚棐大㲈憋⼺炻⺧Ḵ⸜
⌘烉䥳䧨