OBJECTS FOR THE SCHOLAR'S DESK, Hong Kong 2018
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Scholar's Implements

A BURLWOOD SCROLLPOT

QING DYNASTY, 17TH TO 18TH CENTURY

HEIGHT (INCLUDING STAND): 41CM

The scrollpot is fashioned from a hollowed gnarled tree trunk, heavily contorted with thick walls and its twisted body covered with burls and crevasses.The wood patinated to a deep brown colour. The pot rests on a dark wooden base.

清十七/ 十八世紀 癭木根畫筒