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A bAMbOO ‘bOATINg’ bRush POT
by WANg JIchANg, QIANlONg PeRIOd

China, 1735-1796. Intricately carved with a majestic lakeshore
landscape, depicted with an elderly man looking out from a small open
pavilion nestled in a fenced garden grown with bamboo and pines
towards two boating parties on the lake, one boat with its sail raised
up the mast and seated with eight figures, the other smaller fishing
boat being pulled by two boys running across a small bridge, all below
rocky mountains and swirling clouds, and above a seal mark reading
‘Wang Jichang Zhi’
Provenance: English private collection. Paper label with inventory
number to base.
condition: Fine condition with old wear, one tiny loss and several
natural age cracks.
Weight: 511.4 g
Dimensions: Height 16 cm, Diameter 13.7 cm
This cylindrical brush pot is signed Wang Jichang, a bamboo carver active in
the mid-Qing dynasty and a native of Jiading, Jiangsu province. In this bucolic
boating and fishing scene, Wang skillfully picks out elements of the motif
in a range of depths and textures. Note the variation in cuts between the
trees, evoking a sense of wild forest, and the carving around the figures that
brings them into focus as the principal actors in this narrative.

Literature comparison: Compare a brush pot carved with a similar boating
scene, but signed Shanmei, in the Hong Kong Museum of Art, illustrated in 竹雕《汎舟》，王紀常，乾隆時期
Ip yee & Laurence C. S. Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, Hong Kong, 中國，1735-1796。錯綜複雜的雕刻，雄偉的湖岸景觀，是一個老人在一個小亭子遠
1978, pl. 40, together with a slightly larger example, pl. 67, and three brush 望，這個亭子坐落在一個松竹林中。湖上的兩個划船聚會，一艘船坐著八個人，另一
pots sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, the first of slightly smaller size, 14th May 艘較小的漁船被兩個男孩拉著，穿過一個小橋。落款“王紀常制”。
1983, lot 648, and the second and third of similar size, 25th May 1979, lot 來源：英國私人收藏。底部有藏家收藏編號。
品相：品相良好，老磨損，一道輕微缺損和一些天然年代裂紋，
874, and 10th April 2006, lot 1648. 重量：511.4 克
尺寸：高16 厘米，直徑 13.7 厘米
AucTION ResulT cOMPARIsON 拍賣結果比較：同一藝術家的相近作品于香港蘇富比《重要中國藝術》，2019年4月
Compare with a closely related bitong by the 3日，拍號3714，估價HKD $250.000-350.000。
same artist at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Important
Chinese Art, 03 April 2019, lot 3714, bought in at estimate euR 1.000,-
an estimate of HKD $250,000-350,000.
Starting price EUr 500,-

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A cARVed bAMbOO ‘MOuNTAINscAPe’ bRush POT,
bITONg, QINg dyNAsTy
China, 19th century. Neatly carved and incised in high relief to depict a
mystic mountainous landscape with scattered pavilions and pagodas
amid massive rock formations and trees of all kinds. At the center
of all this we eventually find a minuscule fisherman in his boat and a
wayfarer crossing a bridge.

Provenance: From an English private collection acquired prior to 1950
and thence by descent. With remainders of an old paper label to the
base.
condition: Good original condition with a good unctuous patina, some
old wear and a few tiny age cracks.

Weight: 233.5 g
Dimensions: Height 15.3 cm
A nice allegory about the dwarfishness and, ultimately, insignificance of
mankind compared to Mother Nature.

竹雕《桃花源記》筆筒，清代
中國，十九世紀。精美浮雕描繪出一個神秘的山水景觀，可見亭臺樓閣，中間遍布著
巨大的岩石和各種樹木。河上可見一漁夫立於舟上正要穿過一座橋。
來源：英國私人收藏，購於1950年前，保存至今。底部可見老標簽。
品相：良好的原始品相，包漿厚潤，一些老磨損和一些輕微年代裂紋。
重量：233.5 克
尺寸：高15.3 厘米
estimate euR 500,-
Starting price EUr 250,-

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