A SMALL BOXWOOD (HUANGYANGMU) TREE TRUNK-FORM BRUSH POT

18TH CENTURY

Details

A SMALL BOXWOOD (HUANGYANGMU) TREE TRUNK-FORM BRUSH POT
18TH CENTURY
Finely carved in high relief as a section of a prunus tree, with undercut branches bearing blossoms and buds
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high

Provenance

J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1986, no. 1482.

Exhibited

Sumptuous Elegance: Art of the 18th Century Qing Dynasty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17 March - 30 June 1992.

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Lot Essay

A huangyangmu brush pot of comparable size, also carved as a section of a flowering prunus tree, is illustrated in Oriental Works of Art, The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd., June 1993, no. 27. Compare, also, the example of slightly smaller size (3 5/8 in. high) carved in a similar fashion as a section of pine tree rather than prunus tree illustrated by R. Piccus ed., in Wood From the Scholar's Studio, Altfield Gallery, Hong Kong, 1984, no. 23, where it is dated early to mid-18th century. The carving on these two brush pots and the present brush pot exhibit a very fine sensibility and finesse.

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