Lot 72
72
RARE POT A PINCEAUX EN BAMBOU SCULPTE
RARE POT A PINCEAUX EN BAMBOU SCULPTE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE

Details
RARE POT A PINCEAUX EN BAMBOU SCULPTE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
The brush pot is deeply carved to depict a continuous scene of 'The Nine Elders of Xiangshan' engaged at various leisurely pursuits including playing the qin seated under the shades of pine trees, in conversation, observing the landscape in a distant opening in a bamboo grove. The scholars are accompanied by young attendants, all in a rocky landscape setting. The mouth and foot rims are later mounted with metal; age cracks.

6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Baron Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros (1793-1870), France, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Further details
A FINELY CARVED 'NINE SCHOLARS' BAMBOO BRUSH POT
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

'The Nine Elders of Xiangshan' refer to a group of Tang dynasty scholars, including the poet Bai Juyi (772-846), who often gathered in the Xiangshan mountains to drink wine and to discuss art and literature. The theme was popularly adopted by bamboo carvers of the Qing dynasty, with slight variations in the overall composition. Compare with two similar bamboo examples, the first is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 44 - Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 62, no. 56., the other one sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4281. Another similar example carved in spinach green jade, dated to the Qianlong period, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 42 - Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 209, no. 170.


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