A MING CARVED RED LACQUER SCHOLAR'S BRUSH

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A MING CARVED RED LACQUER SCHOLAR'S BRUSH
MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY

The slender cylinder carved in relief with a continuous scene of a long-tailed bird amidst the 'Three Friends', pine, bamboo and prunus, rising from a grassy bank and rockwork between clouds and two bands of lappets at the brush end and further lappets and key-fret at the other end, a cash symbol on the flat tip, age cracking, minor warping and minor infill
7 1/8in. (18.1cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare the carved red lacquer brush with cover in the Victoria and Albert Museum included in the O.C.S. exhibition, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to Qing, London, May 24-August 19, 1984, Catalogue, no. 276, dated to the late 16th or early 17th century