A FINE LARGE ZITAN LOTUS-SHAPED BRUSHPOT, BITONG
18th centuryThe vessel deftly carved with barbed sides divided into twelve bracket lobes, supported on a foot of corresponding lobes rising from five ruyi feet, the lustrous precious wood patinated to a deep brown tone. 19cm (7 1/2in) diam.
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十八世紀 紫檀葵瓣式筆筒Provenance: Nicholas Grindley, no.1004.18 (label)Wilson collection, no.C94 (label)Christie's New York, 17 March 2016, The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Scholar's Objects, lot 1164An important European private collection來源:倫敦古董商Nicholas Grindley,編號1004.18(標籤)威爾遜伉儷舊藏,藏品編號C94(標籤)紐約佳士得,2016年3月17日,拍品編號1164歐洲重要私人收藏This well-proportioned brushpot is a fine and rare example of a scholar's classic object. It served the essential function of holding the brushes that allowed a scholar to engage in the art of calligraphy and landscape and still-life painting. In addition to playing a functional role, the brushpot fulfilled the aesthetic taste of the literati because of its organic material which helped a scholar to reconnect with the natural world. Escaping to nature was a central theme of the literatus scholar as this provided him with an escape from the mundane world of current affairs to an ideal environment where he could reaffirm his identity as poet, philosopher and calligrapher. Zitan ('purple sandalwood'), alongside huanghuali was the finest type of wood at the time, and is the most dense and slow-growing of hardwoods used to create objects for the scholar's desk. Therefore, zitan brushpot of such impressive size as the present lot are particularly rare. A related zitan lobed brushpot, 17th/18th century, is illustrated by G.Wu Bruce, The Best of the Best. The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture, Hong Kong, 2017, p.442. Compare with a similar zitan lobed brushpot, 18th/19th century, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 15 March 2016, lot 24.紫檀為材,雕挖呈六瓣式。敞口,平沿,口沿起寬棱,倭角線由口沿向下延伸至底部隨弧形凸出,各瓣中心向下延續為六腳支承。紫檀自古就是中國最為名貴的木材。本器六方六棱,餘則光素無紋,惟以本然之紋理與渾厚之包漿為飾,簡潔素雅,協調規整,上下相應,婉轉相因。置於文人案頭,朝夕相伴,摩挲觀賞,是以澄懷觀道,以達悠遊隱逸自然。一例十七至十八世紀紫檀葵瓣式嵌銀筆筒,造型與本例相似,見伍嘉恩著,《木趣居:家具中的嘉具》,北京,2017年,頁442。另有一例十八至十九世紀紫檀葵瓣式筆筒,售於紐約蘇富比,2016年3月15日,拍品編號24,可資比對。
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