CATALOGUE 2008
17TH CENTURY
HEIGHT: 13CM;
DIAMETER: 11CM
The rock crystal brushpot is carved from thick walls worked in high relief, exposing some openwork tree trunks. One side of the brushpot depicts two scholars playing ‘wei qi’ under a pine tree while another scholar is standing in observance. The opposite side depicts a scholar and attendant walking upslope amidst a lush landscape setting.
SIMILAR EXAMPLE
The composition and carving stylistically follows bamboo brushpots, such as an example illustrated in Jiading Bamboo Carving, Shanghai, 2006, p. 47.
十七世紀水晶雕刻秋松觀奕圖筆筒
