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Lot 234

A carved bamboo brushpot, bitong
Kangxi

4 December 2008, 12:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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A carved bamboo brushpot, bitong

Kangxi
With straight sides that flare slightly at the mouth and foot following the natural contours of the bamboo, carved in shallow relief with a scholar resting beside his walking staff contemplating a stack of books and scrolls, all against a plain background, raised on three tab feet, fitted box.
13.7cm (5 3/8in) high. (2).

Footnotes

A brushpot with a scholar in a similar pose is illustrated by Simon Kwan in Ming and Qing Bamboo, Hong Kong, 2000, no. 33, pp 212 - 213, where the author notes that bamboo brushpots with the figures in low relief against a plain background was popular until the Kangxi period, after which more complex designs came into vogue. Another example of a bushpot executed in a similar style with similar subject matter, but dated 1705, is illustrated in Splenders of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1992, no. 257, p. 391.

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