QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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TWO CARVED BAMBOO WRIST RESTS
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
One is finely carved with a scene of two scholars resting against the trunk of a tree in a mountainous landscape, and is inscribed with a four-character title, Yunlin xiaojing, which may be translated as 'a scene in the manner of Yunlin', followed by a cyclical date, wushen, corresponding to 1788, and a signature, Shaoxi. The other is carved with a poem titled Poetry about Immortals, by the Eastern Jin dynasty (317-420) poet Guo Pu (276-324), followed by a cyclical date, gengxu corresponding to 1790, and a signature, Shian.
14 7/8 in. and 10 15/16 in. (37.8 cm. and 27.8 cm.) long (2)

Provenance

Christie's Hong Kong, 24 October 1993, lot 557.

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Lot Essay

Shian is the hao or style-name of Liu Yong (1719-1805), the pre-eminent scholar-official during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods. Liu Yong is regarded as one of the most influential calligraphers of the period.

For a carved bamboo brush pot with the signature Shaoxi, dated 19th century, see Ip Yee and L. Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving (I), Hong Kong, 1978, p. 298-99, no. 82.

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