Lot 193
193
A FIGURAL BAMBOO BRUSHPOT

KANGXI

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A FIGURAL BAMBOO BRUSHPOT
Kangxi
The slender cylinder well carved in low relief against the paler ground with a smiling luohan wearing a full robe, his large straw hat tied to the staff carried over his left shoulder, carved with the mark Wu Zhifan, with hardwood upper edge and base
5½ in. (14cm.) high

Lot Essay

Wu Zhifan, alias Lu Chen or Dong Hai, was a native of Jiading, Jiangsu, later settling in Tianjin. He was active during the reign of Kangxi (1662-1722) and is regarded as the first to carve in low relief on an almost plain background