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PROPERTY FROM THE STUDIO OF TEN OBSESSIONS
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A CARVED BAMBOO 'CRANES' BRUSH POT
EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The exterior is well carved in high relief with a continuous landscape inhabited by two
cranes standing beneath gnarled pine trees and bamboo groves.
4 in. (10 cm.) high, box
HK$150,000-180,000 US$20,000-23,000
The carving of the present brush pot is deep and intricate, showing a continuation of the Jiading
School style that was established by master carver Zhu He. Active during the Zhengde and Jiajing
periods (1506-1566), Zhu He merged calligraphy and painting into bamboo carving, and elevated
bamboo carving to an independent visual art form. See a carved bamboo brush pot by Zhu He
dated by inscription to the 6th year of the Zhengde reign (1511) in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated
in Zhongguo meishu quanji, vol. 11 – zhumuyajiaoqi, Beijing, 1987, no. 3 (fig. 1). The carving style
on the present brush pot is deeper than the Ming predecessor, and is more characteristic of the
early-Qing Jiading School.
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fig. 1 Collection of the Nanjing Museum
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