A finely Carved Bamboo Brushpot 17th century

the exterior finely carved in relief with a continuous mountain landscape scene, depicting a scholar and sage in discussion on a rocky outcrop, with two attendants close by, pointing out a pavillion tucked behind a rocky slope across a wide wooded valley filled with trees including bamboo, pine and a large willow, with a man and boy floating downstream on a boat below, with fitted hardwood rim and base with four short feet

Collection of S.J. Tramiel.

A bamboo brushpot of similar size and also fitted with a hardwood rim and base, carved with figures, from the Qing court collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Shanghai, 2001, pl. 29.