Live Auction 2811The Imperial Sale Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A SMALL 'WOVEN-BASKET' DUAN INKSTONE AND FITTED LACQUER BOX
Lot 1940PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN COLLECTION

A SMALL 'WOVEN-BASKET' DUAN INKSTONE AND FITTED LACQUER BOX

Closed31 May 2010

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HKD 325,000

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A SMALL 'WOVEN-BASKET' DUAN INKSTONE AND FITTED LACQUER BOX
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Of circular form carved around the exterior and base to depict basket-work, the woven strands attached to bamboo reeds encircling the rim and inset with a six-character Gu Erliang signature, the cloth-lined box and cover lacquered black and inlaid in metal to the top with a quatrefoil ruyi-head enclosed by a geometric band at the rim
The inkstone: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) diam., box

Specialist note

A native of Suzhou, Gu Erliang's maiden name was recorded as Zao and she was known to have been active during the Kangxi period. Married into a distinguished family of inkstone carvers, she became a carver of inkstones herself probably after the death of her husband. Cf. Zhongguo Meishu Jiarenming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe, 1985, p. 1531.