Lot 2260
2260
A RARE DATED CARVED SONGHUA 'PRUNUS' PANEL
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A RARE DATED CARVED SONGHUA 'PRUNUS' PANEL

DATED FIRST YEAR OF DAOGUANG, CORRESPONDING TO 1821, AND OF THE PERIOD

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A RARE DATED CARVED SONGHUA 'PRUNUS' PANEL
DATED FIRST YEAR OF DAOGUANG, CORRESPONDING TO 1821, AND OF THE PERIOD
The panel is finely carved in high relief and openwork with a flowering, gnarled prunus tree in which a pair of birds is perched, and a poetic inscription followed by the date and two seals. The stone is of yellowish-ochre and slightly pale greyish-green color.
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s.

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Lot Essay

The inscription incorporates a line from a poem on prunus by the Northern Song dynasty poet Lin Bu (967-1028), and may be translated, 'faint fragrance floats under the dusky moon'. This is followed by a seal, Wang Zheng, possibly the name of the calligrapher; the date, Winter, 1st year of Daoguang (1821); a signature, Jiang Yuan, possibly the name of the carver; and a further seal, Jiang.

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