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Scrollpot, Zitan wood Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Estimate
200,000 - 200,000 HKD
bidding is closed
Description
Exhibited
Hong Kong, 1995 – 1996, Hong Kong Museum of Art, “In Pursuit of Antiquities: Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society”
Washington D.C., 1997 – 1999, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Washington D.C., 1997 – 1999, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Literature
Hong Kong Museum of Art, In Pursuit of Antiquities: Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 306
Grace Wu Bruce, Chan Chair and Qin Bench: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture II, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 142 – 143
Grace Wu Bruce, Chan Chair and Qin Bench: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture II, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 142 – 143
Catalogue Note
Zitan is the most prized wood in the Qing dynasty and the big size and thickness(2.3cm) of this pot makes it a highly precious piece. Brushpot shaped containers become used as scroll holders after they reach a certain size and this piece may have been used for storing small scrolls.