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A rare Chinese inscribed burl zitan brushpot or scroll pot,…
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Melbourne
Date:
19-Oct-2021
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A rare Chinese inscribed burl zitan brushpot or scroll pot, Republic period (1912-1949), of gently flaring cylindrical form, carved from a solid piece of burl zitan, with incised decoration to one side of the goddess of the Luo walking on foamy waves, holding a feather in one hand, with robes billowing in the wind, and to the other side with a lengthy intaglio-carved inscription in regular script after Jin Dynasty calligrapher Wang Xianzhi. Four character seal mark to the base reading 'Curio of the Fang Studio'. Old collection label affixed to the interior base, 18 cm high, 18.25 cm diameter. Provenance: Commissioned by Cheung Yin/Cheung Yick Tung (dates unknown), Hong Kong, collection of Wong Tse Ching (1886-1962), given by Wong Tse Ching to Law Ming Shek in 1937, collection of Law Ming Shek (1899-1940), and thence by descent, Law Ming Shek (1899-1940) was a wealthy Hong Kong and Canton entrepreneur and merchant, and an avid collector of Chinese books and antique curios, including scholar Art, seals, ink stones, porcelain, and works of calligraphy and painting. His impressive collection registers reveal that he associated and exchanged collectables with such renowned Canton connoisseurs as 'Wong Tse Ching' (a.k.a Wong Siew Chan/Wong Siew chin) (1886-1962) and Luo Yuanjue (1891-1965). The scroll pot offered herein is one of numerous gifts the former bestowed on him. Much of Wong Tse Ching's outstanding collection was later donated, in 1956 and 1999 respectively, to the Guangzhou Municipal, culture bureau and the Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Other Notes: the inscription is a lyrical depiction from 223 or 224A.D. Titled 'Goddess of the Luo', carved after a very famous calligraphic model by Jin Dynasty calligrapher Wang Xianzhi, the seal on the base was the collector's studio seal mark of Cheung Yin. The original seal was carved by the renowned Cantonese deaf-mute carver Yu Chung Ka.
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Oriental: Brush Pot