EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF THREE BAMBOO WRIST-RESTS AND A ZITAN FAN
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The first wrist-rest and the hardwood fan, delicately carved and incised with gilt inscriptions, signed Wu Hufan and Xiya; the second wrist-rest of square shape carved with archaistic text beside a further incised inscription, followed by a signature Feng Liyuan; the last of long thin rectangular shape, lightly incised with birds and trees below an inscription
Longest 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) long, box (4)

Provenance

Previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 866; and from the Dexinshuwu Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1306

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Lot Essay

Wu Hufan (1894-1968) was an influential early 20th century artist, cf. Zhongguo meishu jiarenming cidian, Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2003, p. 301. Xiya is identified as the sobriquet for Jin Shaofang who was Wu Hufan's contemporary, and an accomplished bamboo carver.

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