A CARVED BAMBOO-ROOT 'FISHERMAN' SEAL QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

deftly carved as a rocky landscape setting with a pavilion set next to a river amidst large jagged boulders and clusters of trees, a small boat depicted between the steps and the pavilion, the scene picked out with a walking figure in front of the pavilion, the seal face carved with an inscription alluding to Sushi's poem Chi Bi Fu ('Ode to the Red Cliff') reading jiang shan zhi qing feng shan jian zhi ming yue

Purchased from an antiques shop in Stockholm, early 2000s.