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A fine carved bamboo brushpot, bitong 17th/18th century, signed Yu Wentao
30 May 2017, 15:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific PlaceHK$400,000 - HK$600,000
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A fine carved bamboo brushpot, bitong
17th/18th century, signed Yu Wentao
The large cylindrical vessel deeply pierced and carved with a lush garden scene of plantain, wutong and pine trees, featuring a seated dignitary dining on a stone table whilst being entertained by three female musicians and a dancer, the reverse with a lady accompanied by her female attendant carrying her pipa, with two female servants preparing food in the distance, all raised on three carved bracket feet, carved with two zhuanshu square seal marks 'Yu shi' and 'Wen tao', the bamboo of a dark reddish-brown tone, fitted box. 15.8cm (6 1/4in) diam. (2).
The large cylindrical vessel deeply pierced and carved with a lush garden scene of plantain, wutong and pine trees, featuring a seated dignitary dining on a stone table whilst being entertained by three female musicians and a dancer, the reverse with a lady accompanied by her female attendant carrying her pipa, with two female servants preparing food in the distance, all raised on three carved bracket feet, carved with two zhuanshu square seal marks 'Yu shi' and 'Wen tao', the bamboo of a dark reddish-brown tone, fitted box. 15.8cm (6 1/4in) diam. (2).
Footnotes
十七/十八世紀 竹雕松蔭舞樂圖筆筒 陽文「于氏」、「文濤」篆書款
Provenance:
An important Asian private collection
來源：
重要亞洲私人收藏
Bamboo carving for the scholar's desk was firmly established during the Ming dynasty and continued to flourish during the Qing dynasty. Inspiration was taken from woodblock prints, rendering the surface of the bamboo into a continuous cylindrical canvas. The present lot is remarkable for the large size of the bamboo, allowing the artist to skilfully bring the landscape and figural scene to life utilising the depth of the wood to create multi-layers building a three-dimensional effect, depicting the pleasurable pursuit of music and wine in an idealised retreat.
The name of the artist, Yu Wentao, does not appear to be recorded; however, the deeply carved scene rendered with a depiction of the literati idealised lifestyle represents a mature style of the Jiading School, which was developed during the Kangxi period.
筆筒呈筒式，下承三矮足。外壁刻松蔭舞樂圖，高士坐于庭苑石桌前，桌後三仕女以不同樂器演奏，庭苑後站兩仕女，一女手持琵琶，松柏後兩小童正在烹茶，足顯文人隱士生活情趣。
目前雖未見對竹雕人「于文濤」的相關著錄，但此筆筒採用的「深刻」技藝以及層次豐富的刀工與清代早中期的嘉定派風格相近。明代晚期以後，嘉定竹刻的雕刻技藝已經趨於成熟，得到廣泛傳播。自康熙中後期起，文人竹刻發展更加完善，門庭日漸蕪雜，為後來竹刻世俗化及商品化埋下伏筆。
參看上海博物館藏一件清代竹雕香山九老圖筆筒，其山石風格及人物刻畫與本筆筒類似，可資比較，見《竹鏤文心：竹刻珍品特集》，上海，2012年，頁98-99，圖版038。