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

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