A FINELY CARVED BAMBOO 'QIAO SISTERS' BRUSH POT

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A FINELY CARVED BAMBOO 'QIAO SISTERS' BRUSH POT
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior is finely carved with the background reduced to reserve a scene in relief of two ladies, the famed Qiao Sisters from the Three Kingdoms period, in their study, each dressed in a voluminous robe and their hair dressed in high chignons, one reclining on a day-bed further detailed with neatly piled manuscripts beside lotus flowers placed inside an archaistic gu, the companion seated to one side, pointing with one figure to an open book held in the other hand. The reverse is plainly polished.
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) high, box

Provenance

The Dexingshuwu Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1297

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Lot Essay

The present subject-matter of two ladies seated on a day-bed is closely related to a brush pot inscribed with the name of Wu Zhifan, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Zhuke Jianshang, Taiwan, 1996, no. 14. Whilst Wang's cited example is carved with the addition of antiques depicted on the day-bed, the present brush pot is carved in late Ming style with an austere representation of the day-bed that is in keeping with the Ming period. Furthermore, on the present example, the ladies' faces are also typical of those painted by the late Ming master, Chen Hongshou (1599-1652).

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