13th Jun, 2024 10:30
Summer Specialist Sale
Chinese carved bamboo 'Seven Sages' brush pot or bitong
Chinese carved bamboo 'Seven Sages' brush pot or bitong, Qing dynasty, 19th century, featuring a continuous openwork scene of 'The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove', two sages playing weiqi and four examining a scroll while the seventh looks on, all against a backdrop of finely reticulated towering bamboo stalks, the depiction framed by two large pine trees and craggy rockwork, 13.5cm diameter x 16.3cm high
Deceased estate, Hotwells, Bristol.
The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove' were mid-3rd century intellectuals who retreated to the countryside as a reaction against the corrupt politics of the urban Wei dynasty rulers. They reflect the virtues of art and cerebral pursuits.
For related bitongs, see:
Christie’s New York, Fine Chinese Archaic Bronzes, Ceramics and Works of Art on 20 September 2002, lot 155.
Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 5th March 2021, lot 541.
Chinese carved bamboo 'Seven Sages' brush pot or bitong, Qing dynasty, 19th century, featuring a continuous openwork scene of 'The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove', two sages playing weiqi and four examining a scroll while the seventh looks on, all against a backdrop of finely reticulated towering bamboo stalks, the depiction framed by two large pine trees and craggy rockwork, 13.5cm diameter x 16.3cm high
Deceased estate, Hotwells, Bristol.
The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove' were mid-3rd century intellectuals who retreated to the countryside as a reaction against the corrupt politics of the urban Wei dynasty rulers. They reflect the virtues of art and cerebral pursuits.
For related bitongs, see:
Christie’s New York, Fine Chinese Archaic Bronzes, Ceramics and Works of Art on 20 September 2002, lot 155.
Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 5th March 2021, lot 541.
Auction: Summer Specialist Sale, 13th Jun, 2024
Our Summer Specialist Sale of Fine Furniture, Modern Design, Paintings, Prints, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Ceramics, Glassware & other Collectors
Highlights included an Austral Islands Cheif's staff £15,500, a Large Minton majolica elephant four-branch candelabrum centrepiece £6,200, an Asscher cut diamond (approx. 4.5 carats) platinum ring £11,500, The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, K.C.S.I £12,500, and an early 19th century double-sided micromosaic table box £11,000.
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Wednesday 12th June - 10am till 5pm
