Live Auction 2339Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A RARE CARVED ZITAN BRUSH POT
Lot 1270

A RARE CARVED ZITAN BRUSH POT

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed17 September 2010

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USD 218,500

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A RARE CARVED ZITAN BRUSH POT
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The cylindrical sides finely carved with a continuous landscape scene, with forested cliffs jutting dramatically from the rocky shores of a winding river in which a figure steers his boat towards an open pavilion set on a distant shore, and another figure seated in a boat admires a retreat perched above the water in the distance, all below two lengthy poetic inscriptions in clerical script, one followed by the signature, Ruan Yuan ti (inscribed by Ruan Yuan), and a seal reading, Boyuan fu, the other followed by a seal reading tiesheng, the hao of Xigang
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high, wood stand

Specialist note

Ruan Yuan, also known as Boyuan, was a well-known scholar/official who passed his jinshi examination in 1789, and was subsequently appointed to the Hanlin Academy. He was famous for his literary work, Biographies of Astronomers and Mathematicians.

Xigang (1746-1803) was a renowned seal carver, calligrapher and painter of the Qing dynasty, particularly well known for his landscapes.