OBJECTS FOR THE SCHOLAR'S DESK, Hong Kong 2015
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Scholar’s Implements

AN IVORY BRUSHPOT

17TH CENTURY
HEIGHT: 14.6CM

The brushpot is carved from one irregular hollowed section of ivory with a slightly tapered waist and incised with various figures within a mountainous landscape. One scene depicts a mother and child walking from their pavilion to birdwatch, another shows a fisherman on a raft, while the last scene depicts a young scholar writing calligraphy under a large pine tree. The ivory is patinated to a warm reddish tone with natural age cracks.

十七世紀 象牙雕填彩山水人物筆筒