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A BAMBOO ‘PINE’ BRUSHPOT 十七世紀 竹雕松樹樁筆筒
SIGNED ZHONGQIAN, 17TH CENTURY 《仲謙敬鏤》款
carved in the form of a section of a pine tree, naturalistically 來源:
depicted with burls, whorls and scalps on the bark, the exterior 香港私人舊藏
carved in high relief and openwork with gnarled knotted
branches issuing clusters of pine needles, patinated to a 出版:
chestnut-brown tone, the reverse lightly incised with a four- 葉義及譚志成,《中國竹刻藝術》,香港藝術館,香
character signature reading Zhongqian jing lou (Respectfully
carved by Zhongqian) 港,1982年,下冊,頁190-191
12 cm, 4¾ in.
PROVENANCE
An old Hong Kong private collection.
LITERATURE
Ip Yee and Laurence C.S. Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part
II, Hong Kong, 1982 pp 190-191.
HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,500-38,300
The vibrant high relief carving and naturalistic rendering of
the pine branches wrapped around the trunk follows the Ming
tradition of bamboo carving developed by the three Zhus, the
most renowned family of bamboo carvers active from the 16th
century. The current brushpot is signed Zhongqian, the sobri-
quet of the bamboo carver Pu Cheng, who was active in the
early 17th century.
Compare a bamboo brushpot carved with cranes by Zhu He,
in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, illustrated in Hai Bo, Zhu mu
ya jiao qi zhenshang [Appreciation of bamboo, wood, ivory and
horn], Tainan, 1995, pl. 30.
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