清十八世紀 竹雕「春寒品茗」圖筆筒

of cylindrical form resting on three short feet, carved in varied levels of relief to the paler ground below with a continuous scene depicting a scholar seated at his desk holding a cup while a lady stands beside him holding a ewer, flanked by two attendants, one fanning charcoals under a kettle, the other crouching near a brasier

There is a small old repair to the rim of the brushpot (0.5 by 0.8 cm) and another minute 0.2 cm repair. There is also a small 1 cm. restoration to the rail of the day bed behind the scholar, and another small restoration to the stretcher of the brasier. There are a few age cracks and extending from the base. Otherwise the brushpot is in overall good condition.
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Compare another brushpot decorated with the same subject and dated to the Kangxi reign, illustrated in Simon Kwan, Ming and Qing Bamboo, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2000, exhib. cat. no. 45.