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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
QUEK KIOK LEE (1921-2018) 郭克禮珍藏
Lots 119 - 120
119 *
A LARGE ZITAN BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Qing Dynasty
Of broad cylindrical form with three raised bands
at its foot, rim and upper section of the body, the
densely-grained wood with a warm brown patina,
with faint golden flecks and jet-black feathering.
19cm (7 7/16in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000
清 紫檀大筆筒

Provenance: Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 –
2018), acquired on 20 May 1992, Singapore, and
thence by descent

來源：新加坡郭克禮（1921 – 2018）舊藏，於
1992年5月20日購自新加坡，並由後人保存迄今

120 * Y
A TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED ZITAN
119 HEXAGONAL BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Guangxu four-character mark, late Qing Dynasty/
Republic Period
Of hexagonal form, the base, sides and rim
covered with an attractively mottled translucent
tortoiseshell lining, incised lightly to the sides with
a long inscription, dated Guangxu bingshen year
corresponding to 1896 and a four-character seal,
supported on three semi-circular feet, the interior
plain exposing the wood’s natural grain.
13.6cm (5 3/4in) high.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000
清晚期/民國 玳瑁貼皮紫檀六方筆筒
「光緒年製」楷書刻款

Provenance: Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 October
1995, lot 519
Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore,
and thence by descent

來源：香港佳士得，1995年10月29日，拍品編號
519
新加坡郭克禮（1921 – 2018）舊藏，並由後人保
存迄今

The brushpot is inscribed with a poem by the late
Qing dynasty reformer Kang Youwei (1858-1927):

敬 敬業樂業 善之仁也 君子敬仁 足以長也 天生萬
物 為吾師也
養 懾神䍩和 不以樂利 滑其生術 逍遙䍩佛 萬象壽
境 怡然自得
光緒丙申春日 西樵山人 康有為 立銘
修 澂心正性 學者為明 通於治亂 德本體行 風雨和
甘 惟學志能
120 明 天高極遠 群星如眾 為政以德 積道民頌 觀像通
乾 宇環明清
耕娛書屋珍藏

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