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           A PAIR OF COCONUT CARVED ‘FIGURES   二壺形製裝飾類同，取陳年椰殼去頭尾，大            A SMALL BAMBOO CARVED ‘MAGNOLIA
           AND LANDSCAPE’ PEWTER-MOUNTED     孔作底，小孔作口，內裡包錫，外壁減地浮              AND LINGZHI’ CUP
           TEAPOTS AND COVERS                雕山石松竹，其間再雕一高士席地而坐，前              17th century
           17th/18th century                 有一童子持壺侍酒，另一側雕一高士踞床半              The deep flaring sides carved in high relief
           Each with a domed hemispherical body, deftly   躺，伸手欲接身前童子遞來酒杯，壺口沿下  in the form of four alternating branches of
           carved in relief to the exterior with seated   雕如意雲頭一周，前後安錫流鋬，鋬下浮雕  magnolia blooms and buds, and lingzhi fungus
           scholars enjoying wine with attendants beside,  一「壽」字。             joining on the base in openwork, box.
           all amidst a garden landscape with bamboo,                         4.5cm (1 3/4in) high. (3).
           pine and pierced rocks, set with a pewter   此壺所雕人物或為東晉竹林七賢，或為唐代
           loop handle opposite a curved spout, the   飲中八仙之二。東晉竹林七賢以詩酒音樂、     HKD25,000 - 35,000
           cover similarly decorated with three striding   狂放不羈為名，其中以劉伶最為詩酒，《晉  US$3,200 - 4,500
           chi dragon centred by a finial in the form of a   書·列傳十九·劉伶》記載「天生劉伶，以
           shou character roundel, the rims, interior and   酒為名。」杜甫曾作《飲中八仙歌》贊詠長  十七世紀 竹雕玉蘭如意小杯
           base similarly mounted with pewter.  安城中以酒為名之八位高士，分別是李白、
           Each 8.3cm (3 1/4in) high (2).    賀知章、李適之、李璡、崔宗之、蘇晉、張              Compare with a related 17th/18th century
                                             旭、焦遂。此二壺畫面中因有竹林，較為可              bamboo carved ‘lingzhi’ small wine cup,
           HKD60,000 - 100,000               能為竹林七賢中人物。                       which was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 15
           US$7,600 - 13,000                                                  September 2011, lot 900.
                                             竹木牙雕工匠往往運用不同材質進行創作，
           十七/十八世紀 椰殼雕竹林高士壺一對                雕刻風格及圖樣多源自相似母本。如本對壺              杯口圓唇，口沿略外翻，杯身下收杯身浮雕
                                             所雕山石竹木風格與本場另一拍品Lot 144沉          這支玉蘭，花枝上再雕靈芝，花枝底部鏤空
           The scholars enjoying wine depicted on the   香木雕焦遂杯極為相似。           雕作杯足，器小巧盈握。
           present pair of teapots are probably part of
           the ‘Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove’                              參考一件十七/十八世紀竹雕靈芝小杯，造型
           group with bamboo included in the garden                           與本件頗似，2011年9月15日售於香港佳士
           landscape. Similar subject is also found on                        得，拍品編號900。
           bamboo, wood and ivory carvings; compare
           the design of the present lot to the carved
           chenxiangmu ‘Jiao Sui’ cup offered in this
           sale, lot 144.






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