A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1
A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1
A finely carved 'scholars' bamboo brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 竹雕松山文會圖筆筒
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March 22, 07:08 PM GMT
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50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description
A finely carved 'scholars' bamboo brushpot
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
清康熙 竹雕松山文會圖筆筒
Height 5⅞ in., 15 cm
Sotheby's London, 22nd November 1955, lot 102.
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. M.4.2.
倫敦蘇富比1955年11月22日，編號102
吳權博士 (1910-1997) 收藏
吳蓮伯博物院，1968年至今，編號M.4.2
Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011, pl. 191.
柯玫瑰等，《Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum》，香港，2011年，圖版191
Although unsigned, the quality of the workmanship on this superbly carved brushpot closely relates to that on brushpots by known carvers active in the early Qing dynasty. The detailed scene depicting twenty-four sages is carved with the uttermost naturalistic sensitivity; the natural contours of the mountainous landscape, skillfully cut out in varying levels of relief, rank it alongside famous works in museum and private collections.
For bamboo brushpots of similar quality, with closely related style of composition, see another unsigned brushpot depicting hunters in a pine forest, from the Qing Court Collection, preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carving, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 34. See also one from the Mary and George Bloch collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 23rd October 2005, lot 5, and another sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 27th April, 1999, lot 312, now in the collection of Robert H. Blumenfield.
For bamboo brushpots of similar quality, with closely related style of composition, see another unsigned brushpot depicting hunters in a pine forest, from the Qing Court Collection, preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carving, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 34. See also one from the Mary and George Bloch collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 23rd October 2005, lot 5, and another sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 27th April, 1999, lot 312, now in the collection of Robert H. Blumenfield.