Asian Art I - 17th May 2016
Lot 237
A RARE CHINESE BAMBOO ROOT STAFF CARVED BY JIN SHIHENG LATE 19TH CENTURY Carved in shallow relief...
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A RARE CHINESE BAMBOO ROOT STAFF CARVED BY JIN SHIHENG
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Carved in shallow relief with a fruiting vine and a cartouche with the mark shiheng hui dao, together with a pair of duilian, also by this artist, each with a seal mark, fitted boxes, 95cm and 135cm x 15cm respectively. (3)
Jin Shiheng was a student of Qu Ziyi during the late Qing dynasty. He was a scholar, and a renowned Yixing potter. In Guangxu's third year he travelled to Japan to teach the art of Yixing pottery. His Yixing pottery has always been in high demand both in Japan and China.