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AN OPENWORK BAMBOO ‘SCHOLARS AND LADIES’ It is rare to see gentlemen and ladies gathering together in classic
BRUSHPOT Chinese art. The scene probably depicts two couples gathered in a
17th century private garden, where the attendants serve qin, weiqi and tea, which
Of cylindrical form, the brushpot resting on three short feet, the exterior suggests a typical private gathering of scholarly couples in the 17th
well carved in open work and varying levels of relief with a continuous century.
figural garden scene, a scholar with his attendant carrying a qin talking
with another scholar, and two ladies talking under a pine tree in front of 取竹一節，鏤空浮雕高士仕女雅集圖，畫面正中刻畫一高士與一仕女分
a young attendant serving weiqi and another attendant carrying a tea 別同一帶琴童子陪伴的高士及一松下仕女交談，松下仕女身後一童子
set, the patina of dark brown colour. 抱棋盤而侍，山石之後另一童子提茶壺與提樑盒趕來。畫面所刻或為兩
15.2cm (6 in) high. 對夫妻，男女一起雅集的畫面在中國古代藝術中極少出現。

HKD40,000 - 60,000
US$5,100 - 7,700
十七世紀 竹雕高士仕女雅集圖筆筒

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