A RARE INSCRIBED BOXWOOD RUYI

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A RARE INSCRIBED BOXWOOD RUYI
QIANLONG BINGWU CYCLICAL DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1786 AND OF THE PERIOD

Finely carved in high relief and openwork to imitate an aged twisted lingzhi branch forming the elongated S-shaped handle, terminating with an upturned lingzhi-fungus head, naturalistically rendered in layers and detailed with crevices, the length of the handle incised with text ending with a cyclical bingwu year of the Qianlong period
14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.) long, box

來源

Messrs Sydney L. Moss Ltd.

出版

Escape from the Dusty World, Chinese Paintings and Literati Works of Art, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., 1999, no. 105

拍品專文

A translation for the text reads:

"Aspiration grows from the simple style;
friendship comes from modest behaviour.
The aged pine and the ancient cypress are good companions;
The bright moon and fresh breeze are old sages.

Live as long as (the archaic inscriptions on) bronze and stone; (wishes for) prosperity and longevity". Cf. op. cit., 1999, p. 349.

The text ends with the name of Woshi Shanren, an unknown sobriquet of the artist, and Qianlong Bingwu, '(written) in the Qianlong Bingwu year (1786)'.

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