AN INSCRIBED AND DATED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT

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AN INSCRIBED AND DATED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT
DATED TO THE SIXTH MONTH OF THE GUIWEI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1763, AND OF THE PERIOD

Finely carved and detailed with scenes of scholars and attendants in a mountain retreat, with a central pavilion nestled amidst the overhanging rocks, a scene of three scholars seated listening to another play the qin in a bamboo grove, and two other scholars walking along a mountain path with two attendants following behind, the inscription carved in kaishu on a large rockface on the reverse, of rich, reddish-brown color
6 3/8in. (16.1cm.) high

Provenance

Stephen Junkunc, III

Lot Essay

The inscription reads:
The Lotus Estate in Cool Summer
In the year guiwei (1763), in the summer, the sixth month
In the spirit of Shanqiao('s brush), (signed) Tongwen

Shanqiao is also known as Wang Meng (1308-1385)