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80 Y
A LARGE HUANGHUALI BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Qing Dynasty/Republic Period
The brushpot of subtly-tapered cylindrical form, the precious wood of
an attractive golden hue, the natural grain with some scattered ‘ghost
face’ striations, the base fitted with a circular central plug.
24cm (9 1/2in) diam.

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY54,000 - 72,000

清/民國 黃花梨大筆筒

Provenance:
An important European private collection

來源：
歐洲重要私人收藏

A related huanghuali brushpot, 17th/18th century, is illustrated by
M.Flacks, Custodians of the Scholar’s Way. Chinese Scholar’s Objects
in Precious Woods, New York, 2014, p.132.

Compare with a related large huanghuali brushpot, 18th century, which
was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4088.

黃花梨用材碩大，素身無工。木紋行雲流水，疏朗有致，鬼臉生動，
包漿溫潤，極具文雅之氣。

比較一例十七/十八世紀黃花梨大筆筒，收錄於M.Flacks著，
《Custodians of the Scholar’s Way. Chinese Scholar’s Objects in
Precious Woods》，紐約，2014年，頁132。另見一例十八世紀黃花
梨大筆筒，售於香港佳士得，2012年5月30日，拍品編號4088。

81
A LARGE BAMBOO ‘SIXTEEN LUOHAN’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Late Qing Dynasty
The exterior finely carved in varying levels of relief with a continuous
depiction of sixteen Luohan figures within a mountainscape dotted
with craggy rockwork, towering pine and wutong trees, all above
crashing waves, the interior and base lacquered in black, the bamboo
of reddish-brown colour with a glossy patina.
20cm (7 7/8in) high.

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

清晚期 竹雕十六羅漢大筆筒

Provenance:
An important European private collection

來源：
歐洲重要私人收藏

Luohans possessed great wisdom, supernatural powers, courage and
the ability to ward off evil. They were enlightened beings who acted
as worldly conduits to the state of infinitely-expanded consciousness
granted by their enlightenment. Although numbers vary in Buddhist
iconography, eighteen was eventually established as the standard
Chinese grouping which became popular in later Chinese art,
appearing in a wide variety of media.

羅漢為梵語音譯，又譯阿羅訶。佛經所載十六羅漢，為釋迦牟尼的得
道弟子，傳入中國後，逐漸演變為十八羅漢。本品雕刻精巧，包漿滋
潤。以透雕及浮雕技法，於外壁雕就十八羅漢，或坐或立，三五成
群，動靜有致，清晚期竹雕技法之圓熟可見一斑。

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