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A FINELY CARVED BOXWOOD TREE TRUNK-
FORM BRUSH POT

LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

The irregularly-shaped brush pot is naturalistically carved in the
form of a tree trunk detailed with nodules imitating tree bark, in
relief on one side with branches of flowering prunus, incised on
the other side with a poetic inscription followed by the signature
Shen Tang and a seal reading ban cai.
5 ¬ in. (14.4 cm.) high, box

HK$750,000-900,000 US$98,000-120,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Paris between the 1970s and early 1990s
A Private Collection of Scholar and Imperial Works of Art, sold at
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 April 2012, lot 3001

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