17TH/18TH CENTURY
Details
A HUAMU BRUSHPOT, BITONG
17th/18th Century
Of cylindrical shape and formed from an unusually large single block of huamu, the wood exceptionally stippled with extremely dense and tight burl patterning, the base formed of a separate solid disc of huamu
7 3/8in. (10.7cm.) high, 8½in. (21.6cm.) diam.
17th/18th Century
Of cylindrical shape and formed from an unusually large single block of huamu, the wood exceptionally stippled with extremely dense and tight burl patterning, the base formed of a separate solid disc of huamu
7 3/8in. (10.7cm.) high, 8½in. (21.6cm.) diam.
Literature
Robert P. Piccus, ed., Wood From The Scholar's Table, Chinese Hardwood Carvings and Scholar's Articles, Hong Kong, 1984, pp. 56-57