A carved bamboo ‘literati’ brush pot
清十九世紀 竹雕文人雅集圖筆筒
This 19th-century Chinese carved bamboo brush pot depicts literati engaged in scholarly pursuits within a mountainous landscape. The intricate relief carving showcases scholars inspecting antiquities, playing musical instruments, and playing weiqi among gnarled trees and swirling clouds.
- Medium
- deftly carved in various levels of relief with groups of scholars in a craggy mountain engaged in various activities including inspecting antiquities, playing the guqin or engaged in a game of weiqi, all amongst gnarled pine and paulownia tree and beneath swirling clouds around the rim, the rim and base set with hardwood, the bamboo with a rich chestnut colour
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Arts d'Asie
December 9, 2021
Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000
Lot 57
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