QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
HEIGHT: 8.5CM
The waterpot is hollowed out from a single piece of a cocoon-shaped rootwood with the bottom section cut flat forming the footrim of the vessel. The surface is naturally formed with craggy gnarled openwork patinated to a reddish-brown tone and coated on the interior well with a thick layer of black lacquer.
SIMILAR EXAMPLE:
There are similar examples of rootwood vessels in the collection of the Palace Museum, such as an altar set published in Zhongguo zhumu yajiao qi quanji Volume 2: Wood Carvings Part 1 中國竹木牙角器全集2:木雕器(上), 2009, pp. 108-109, Catalogue No. 103.
清十八世紀 樹根水盂
