AN OPENWORK AND RETICULATED ZITAN BRUSH POT, BITONG, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. Deeply carved with a continuous scene of scholars, musicians, and court ladies in a garden with wutong trees and craggy rockwork, the wood of an attractive grain and color.Inscriptions: To the rim, an excerpt of the poem Zhaoyin shi ('Seeking Reclusion') by Zuo Si (250-305), who lived in the Western Jin dynasty. The poem describes the author's search for a recluse and his wish to become a recluse himself, far away from the metropolises.Provenance: Australian private collection. Acquired by the collector's father in the 1990s from a British gentleman who relocated to Western Australia in the 1960s.Condition: Good condition with wear, several old hairlines and structural cracks with old fillings, remnants of lacquer coating to the lip with worn off traces of what may have once been a Qianlong mark.Weight: 1,021 gDimensions: Height 14.7 cm, Diameter 15.2 cmAuction result comparison: Compare with a related zitan bitong dated to the 18th century at Sotheby's London in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 14 May 2014, lot 82, bought-in at an estimate of GBP 20,000-30,000.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium – only for buyers within the EU.清代紫檀雕刻人物場景筆筒 中國,十八至十九世紀。花圈中梧桐樹茂盛,假山林立,文人以及音樂大家和宮廷女士的游園場景。木材紋理和顏色柔和迷人。 題詩: 邊緣處可見西晉左思(250-305)所寫的《招隱詩》。這首詩描述了作者尋求隱士以及他想成為一個隱士的願望,遠離大都市。 來源:奧地利私人收藏。藏家的父親1990年代在一位1960年代定居澳大利亞西部的英國紳士購得。 品相:狀況良好,有磨損,幾條微笑裂紋,帶有舊填充物的裂縫,漆膜殘留在嘴唇上,餘留可能是乾隆款記的痕跡。 重量:1,021 克 尺寸:高14.7 厘米, 直徑15.2 厘米 拍賣結果比較:一件相近的十八世紀紫檀筆筒見倫敦蘇富比Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art 拍場,2014年5月14日,lot 82, 估價GBP 20,000-30,000.