A VERY FINE CARVED BRUSHPOT

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A VERY FINE CARVED BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, CARVED CYCLICAL BINGCHEN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1676 AND OF THE PERIOD

The brushpot is carved in the liu qing technique, reserving the skin of the bamboo, to depict a continuous landscape scene with jagged mountains and a pavilion in the far distance, the near distance detailed with two scholars seated beside a flat rock-boulder, attended by a servant, amidst clearing connected to a bridge leading to a homestead, inscribed with Bingchen chuxia fang Yuan ren biyi, 'In the bingcheng year, early summer, in imitation to the brush style of the Yuan masters', followed by the name of the artist, Zhang Xihuang, and two seals
4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) high, box

Provenance

From a private Japanese collection, acquired in the first half of the 20th Century

Lot Essay

The name Xi Huang refers to the late Ming/early Qing dynasty carver, Zhang Xi Huang, a carver of landscapes and figures who excelled in the liu qing technique where the skin of the bamboo is reserved in relief, cf. Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part II, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1982, pp. 38-39.

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