AN EXTREMELY RARE IRON FIGURE OF AN OX; WOOD STAND INSCRIBED BY RUAN HENG (1783-1859) AND A CALLIGRAPHIC SCROLL BY TOMIOKA TESSAI (1837-1924) DATED TO 1921 SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY cast in the form of a calf sturdily standing foursquare, portrayed with the head slightly raised and a pronounced snout marked with a gently upturned mouth, all below a pair of curved horns issuing from the forehead, the attractively pitted patina of the beast contrasting with the rounded contours of the well-proportioned muscular body, the wood stand with a shaped outline and resting on four short hemispherical feet, the flat surface of the stand with three cavities to house three of the ox’s legs and a protruding rounded fitting to support the shorter front right leg with the broken hoof, the curved sides inscribed by Ruan Heng and succinctly expressing the Ruan family’s high esteem of the rare figure and the state of its missing front hoof; the handscroll dated to 1921 with a painterly sketch in ink of the iron figure, followed by a long colophon titled Record of the Ancient Iron Ox expressing the calligrapher's adoration of the figure since seeing it for the first time in the late 1860s, signed by Tomioka Tessai "at the age of 86" (suggesting that the scroll can be dated to 1921) ox 17.1 cm, 6 3/4 in. scroll 215 cm, 84 5/8 in.
AN EXTREMELY RARE IRON FIGURE OF AN OX; WOOD STAND INSCRIBED BY RUAN HENG (1783-1859) AND A CALLIGRAPHIC SCROLL BY TOMIOKA TESSAI (1837-1924) DATED TO 1921 SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY cast in the form of a calf sturdily standing foursquare, portrayed with the head slightly raised and a pronounced snout marked with a gently upturned mouth, all below a pair of curved horns issuing from the forehead, the attractively pitted patina of the beast contrasting with the rounded contours of the well-proportioned muscular body, the wood stand with a shaped outline and resting on four short hemispherical feet, the flat surface of the stand with three cavities to house three of the ox’s legs and a protruding rounded fitting to support the shorter front right leg with the broken hoof, the curved sides inscribed by Ruan Heng and succinctly expressing the Ruan family’s high esteem of the rare figure and the state of its missing front hoof; the handscroll dated to 1921 with a painterly sketch in ink of the iron figure, followed by a long colophon titled Record of the Ancient Iron Ox expressing the calligrapher's adoration of the figure since seeing it for the first time in the late 1860s, signed by Tomioka Tessai "at the age of 86" (suggesting that the scroll can be dated to 1921) ox 17.1 cm, 6 3/4 in. scroll 215 cm, 84 5/8 in.
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