CATALOGUE 2009
17TH CENTURY
HEIGHT: 10.4CM
The incense stick holder is finely carved in relief and openwork decoration with a scene of two scholars admiring a landscape flanked by an attendant holding a stack of books. The bamboo is patinated to a deep russet brown colour and is fitted on the top and bottom with ivory mounts.
PROVENANCE
Wu Hufan 吴湖帆 (1894-1968) – an ink painter and calligrapher active in the Shanghai and Suzhou area, best known for his traditional-styled landscape and bird and flower paintings
十七世紀 竹雕松下高仕圖鏤空小香薰
