A signed and dated large bamboo brush pot
Circa 1876Carved to one side in relief with a procession of riders and horses on a hillside and to the reverse with eleven lines of text, the inscription in seal script is copied from the inscription on Xiaocheng Tripod, Western Han dynasty, the brushpot dated to bingzi (丙子, corresponding to 1876), the maker's name is Xiaoyan (笑岩).23cm high