Lot Essay
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28 October 1992, lot 233.
The later inscription incised on the mouth rim bears the sobriquet, Zi An, who can be identified as the carver, Yu Shijun (active 1875-1908). According to the script, Yu Shijun carved the calligraphy in collaboration with Zhao Zhixian, who is recorded as a well-known late Qing dynasty scholar (1781-1860).
The short poem may be translated as:
This well carved bamboo section,
crammed with brushes.
The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove,
are here with me in my study.
The later inscription incised on the mouth rim bears the sobriquet, Zi An, who can be identified as the carver, Yu Shijun (active 1875-1908). According to the script, Yu Shijun carved the calligraphy in collaboration with Zhao Zhixian, who is recorded as a well-known late Qing dynasty scholar (1781-1860).
The short poem may be translated as:
This well carved bamboo section,
crammed with brushes.
The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove,
are here with me in my study.