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A SQUARE QINGTIAN SEAL WITH MATCHING BOX,
CARVED BY ZHAO ZHIQIAN, 1852
The stone mottled in hues of honey and mustard.
Smooth surface polish and good patina.
China, dated to “Spring of 1852” (renzi year) and signed
“Zhao Zhiqian”
The seal: “Buddhist Disciples”
Of square shape, the seal face carved in relief with a
four-character seal-script inscription. The top incised in
xingshu, running script, with a nine-character inscription.
The lidded hongmu box standing on four carved feet
with good patina and grain. (3)
Zhao Zhiqian (Chinese: 崝ᷳ寎; 1829–1884) was a
renowned Chinese calligrapher, seal carver and painter
in the late Qing Dynasty, “the leading scholar-artist of
his day.” Zhao’s seal carving had profound influence on
the later masters, such as Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi.
He is also known under the courtesy name of Yifu (䙲
䓓) and his pseudonym (hào) of Lengjun (⅟⏃), which he
changed to Huishu (㑅⍼) and Bei’an (ず䚎) respectively
later in his life.
Shape: Square
Dimensions: 3,9 x 3,9 x 3,2 cm The box height 5,2 cm
Weight: 135,5 grams. The box 102,5 grams
Condition: Some chipping edges. Some wear, as
expected on an old piece
Provenance: Hungarian private collection; before:
Austrian private collection, acquired around 1985 (by
repute)
Auction results comparison: CHINESE WORKS OF ART
AND PAINTINGS. Bonham’s, 19 March 2018, NEW YORK,
lot 8143. (for a related tianhuang seal, with comparable
mottled hues of honey and mustard) China Guardian
2017 Spring Auctions, lot 4361. ( for a related Qingtian
stone seal carved by Zhao Zhiqian)
㶭ẋ嵁ᷳ嫁”ἃ攨⻇⫸”曺䓘䞛㕡⌘⍲味䙺炻1852⸜
囄刚曺䓘䞛炻堐朊⸛㹹䢐⃱炻⊭㻧列⤥ˤ
ᷕ⚳炻⌘ᶲ⇣㚱”⢔⫸㗍㖍嵁ᷳ嫁↲䞛”炻㍐㷔䁢1852⸜㗍ˤ
⌘烉“ἃ攨⻇⫸”⮷䭮橼
ἃ攨⻇⫸㕡⌘炻⌘ᶲ⇣㚱埴㚠句㫦”⢔⫸㗍㖍嵁ᷳ嫁↲䞛”ˤ
⚃嵛䲭㛐味䙺⊭㻧⬴┬炻䲳䎮⣑䃞ˤ
嵁ᷳ嫁(1829-1884)炻⇅⫿䙲䓓ˣ嘇⅟⏃炻⼴㓡⫿㑅⍼ˣ嘇ず
⹝炻䁢㶭ẋ䞍⎵㚠䔓⭞ˣ䭮⇣⭞ˤ℞䭮⇣ㆸ⯙ⶐ⣏炻⼙枧役
ẋ⏛㖴䡑ˣ滲䘥䞛䫱⣏ⷓˤ
⼊䉨烉㕡⼊
⯢⮠烉㕡⌘ 3.9 x 3.9 x 3.2 (⍀䰛)炻味䙺檀5.2⍀䰛
慵慷烉⌘慵135.5⃳炻䙺慵102.5⃳
⑩䚠列⤥炻℟㚱冯⸜ẋ䚠䫎䘬䢐㎵䡽䡘ˤ
⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷ˤ⇵䁢⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻㕤1985⸜⍾⼿(䓙
⎵倚ᾉ嬥)
栆Ụ㉵⑩烉ᶨẞ栆Ụ䘬囄刚䓘湫䞛⌘炻⍫侫恎㿂㕗˪ᷕ⚳㚠
䔓⍲喅埻⑩˫炻2018⸜3㚰19㖍炻䲸䲬炻㉵⑩䶐嘇8143ˤ⎎ᶨ
ẞ嵁ᷳ嫁⇣曺䓘䞛⌘炻⎗夳ᷕ⚳▱⽟2017㗍⬋㉵岋㚫炻㉵
⑩嘇4361ˤ
EstimateġEUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 250,-
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AN INSCRIBED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT WITH A POEM
BY SU SHI, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Bamboo with good old patina and well visible natural
grain
China, 19 century
th
The cylindrical exterior of the bitong incised in xingshu,
running script, with a short poem by Su Shi, followed by
the cyclical date, 1849, or, less likely, 1909, and ending
with the inscription Yunxi (暚㹒Ī, which could either be
the name of the place where this brush pot was carved or
the name of the carver.
Su Shi (8 January 1037 – 24 August 1101), also known
as Su Dongpo, was a Chinese writer, poet, painter,
calligrapher, pharmacologist, gastronome, and a
statesman of the Song dynasty. A major personality
of the Song era, Su was an important figure in Song
Dynasty politics, aligning himself with Sima Guang and
others, against the New Policy party led by Wang Anshi.
Su Shi was famed as an essayist, and his prose writings
lucidly contribute to the understanding of topics such
as 11th-century Chinese travel literature or detailed
information on the contemporary Chinese iron industry.
His poetry has a long history of popularity and influence
in China, Japan, and other areas in the near vicinity and
is well known in the English-speaking parts of the world
through the translations by Arthur Waley, among others.
In terms of the arts, Su Shi has some claim to being “the
pre-eminent personality of the eleventh century.”
Shape: Natural bamboo cylinder
Weight: 118 grams
Dimensions: Height 12,6 cm, diameter 6,2 cm
Condition: Good condition with several natural hairlines
as visible on the pictures
Provenance: French private collection
Literature comparison: Literature comparison: Uncanny
Ingenuity and Celestial Feats, The Carvings of the Ming
and Qing Dynasties. Bamboo, Wood and Fruit Stones.
The National Palace Museum of Taipei. Chi Jo-hsin. Page
36. (compare with an earlier inscribed bamboo brush pot
of similar dimensions)
Auction result comparison: IMPORTANT CHINESE
WORKS OF ART (PART I). Christies, Hong Kong, 28
November 2005, lot 1479. (for a similar brush pot from
th
the 19 century) WATER, PINE AND STONE RETREAT
COLLECTION – PLAYTHINGS. Christies, 02 JUNE 2016,
HONG KONG lot 47. (for another inscribed bamboo brush
pot from the 19 century)
th
㶭ẋ娑⎍晽䪡䫮䫺
䪡墥䫮䫺炻⊭㻧列⤥炻䲳䎮㶭㘘⣑䃞
ᷕ⚳炻19ᶾ䲨
䫮䫺ᶲ晽叿⣏㔯尒喯度䘬ἄ⑩” ℵ␴㣲℔㾇㠭剙⋩䳽”.
⑩䚠列⤥
㱽⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
EstimateġEUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,-
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