A RARE CARVED BURLWOOD BRUSHPOT SIGNED HONGSHOU, 17TH CENTURY The thick, cylindrical vessel unusually carved from a single piece of wood and superbly carved in shallow relief on three-quarters of the exterior in the style of the late Ming painter, Chen Hongshou, with a bold treescape composed of a large knotted pine tree and broad trunk of a fir tree issuing from the base against a backround of a turbulent waterfall enveloping craggy rock formations converging at the center, with the waves continuing from behind the trees on either side only to subside at the plain, uncarved back section, the details exquisitely rendered, the wood of reddish-brown tone with darker brown knots, incised with a two-character signature to one side of the scene, 6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) high, fitted box
A RARE CARVED BURLWOOD BRUSHPOT SIGNED HONGSHOU, 17TH CENTURY The thick, cylindrical vessel unusually carved from a single piece of wood and superbly carved in shallow relief on three-quarters of the exterior in the style of the late Ming painter, Chen Hongshou, with a bold treescape composed of a large knotted pine tree and broad trunk of a fir tree issuing from the base against a backround of a turbulent waterfall enveloping craggy rock formations converging at the center, with the waves continuing from behind the trees on either side only to subside at the plain, uncarved back section, the details exquisitely rendered, the wood of reddish-brown tone with darker brown knots, incised with a two-character signature to one side of the scene, 6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) high, fitted box
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