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A bamboo carved brushpot, bitong
19TH CENTURY
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A bamboo carved brushpot, bitong
19th Century
Carved in high relief with a scene depicting the gathering of fishermen seated on barges moored together while drinking tea and conversing, two women on either side holding a child, set on a riverbank with a gnarled pine- and maple-tree with high cliffs in the background, inscribed within a panel Yaofeng Shanren Chu Yan (the recluse Chu Yan from the high mountain peak Yaofeng)
15.5 cm. high, 13.5 cm. diam.
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Lot Essay
For a brushpot with a similar subjectmatter, see Nagel Auctionen Stuttgart, 6 June 2005, lot 178.
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