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PROPERTY FROM THE HAOXIXUETANG COLLECTION

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A SUPERB CARVED BRUSH POT BY ZHOU HAO

SIGNED ZHI YAN, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750

The cylindrical brush pot stands on three short feet. It is carved with
a continuous scene in expressive short knife cuts to depict a scholar
crossing a bridge with his young attendant carrying a qin, to visit a friend
in a thatched dwelling among trees. The scene is interrupted with a
three-line inscription followed by the artist’s signature ‘Zhi Yan’.
6 in. (15 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000

PROVENANCE

Kyuzaemon Morita (1837-1906), great grand father of Akio Morita
(a founder of Sony Corporation)
Acquired in Nagoya in 2000

The inscription can be translated as:
‘When painting, if one’s mind can forget about his hand and vice versa,
then his brush stokes will be harmonious and transcendent, surpassing the
mundane’.

清乾隆 約 1750 年 周顥刻「攜琴訪友圖」竹筆筒

款識：作畫能心手相忘，自然筆墨融化，超出塵堨之外，芷岩

來源
盛田久左衛門（1837-1906），索尼企業創辦人盛田昭夫之曾祖父。
2000 年購於名古屋

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