Lot Essay
Cf. a lacquer brush with a similar design of figures in landscape on the handle and a poetic inscription on the cover, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 10 April 2006, lot 1712.
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Details
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BRUSH AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The long cylindrical shaft of the brush finely carved with a scholar seated on rockwork under a pine tree as his assistant fetches water from a stream, all between lotus lappets continuing to the tip as overlapping petals where the hairs are inserted, the end encircled by key-fret, the cover carved with a poetic inscription in cursive script against a floral diaper and between bands of demi-florets and key-fret, surmounted on the top with a shou symbol
11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) overall length, box
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The long cylindrical shaft of the brush finely carved with a scholar seated on rockwork under a pine tree as his assistant fetches water from a stream, all between lotus lappets continuing to the tip as overlapping petals where the hairs are inserted, the end encircled by key-fret, the cover carved with a poetic inscription in cursive script against a floral diaper and between bands of demi-florets and key-fret, surmounted on the top with a shou symbol
11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) overall length, box
Provenance
A Japanese collection