A FINELY CARVED BAMBOO 'LIUHAI' BRUSHPOT
A FINELY CARVED BAMBOO 'LIUHAI' BRUSHPOT

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A FINELY CARVED BAMBOO 'LIUHAI' BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

Finely carved in shallow relief depicting Liu Hai standing with one leg raised, dressed in a flowing robe tied in a knot under his protruding belly, both arms raised in an expression of jubilation, his smiling face looking down at a small three-legged toad, the mouth rim and foot bound with hardwood
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, box

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The character, Liuhai, was a popular theme in Ming and Qing bamboo carvings, another brushpot with same theme in Simon Kwan collection was included in the exhibition, Ming and Qing Bamboo, Art Gallery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 34.

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