19TH CENTURY

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A bamboo carved brushpot, bitong
19th Century
Finely carved in deep relief with a continuous scene of the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove', the scholars attended by various servants and playing go, the bamboo canes undercut to stand free of the background, age cracks
17.4 cm. high, 16 cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

The decorative theme, The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, is based on a group of famous scholars in the 3rd century AD who reputedly met frequently in a bamboo grove to drink wine and discuss literature. It was a popular design motif in the decorative arts in China, and was used to good advantage on bamboo where the material could be successfully undercut, as on the present brushpot.

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