A CARVED BAMBOO 'SEVEN SAGES' BRUSHPOT QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

of cylindrical form raised on three short feet, the sides deeply carved with a continuous scene of scholars and their attendants engaged in various leisurely pursuits, two engaged in a game of go while a third watches, two conversing, two painting at a table, in a mountain landscape surrounded by craggy rockwork, gnarled pine trees and bamboo groves, the surface of a rich deep reddish-brown patina

Bamboo and Wood Carvings of China and the East, Spink & Son, London, 1979, pl. no. 7.

This brushpot is in good condition, but does have some vertical splits to the lower section throughout that run through the foot. There is one (3.5cm) split running from the rim.
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Compare a brushpot carved with related scene, from the collects ion of Dr. Ho Shun-fung, illustrated in Ip Yee and Laurence C.S. Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving. Part I, Hong Kong, 1978, pl. 70.