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A Chinese bamboo scholar's brushpot bitong, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
oval, the body carved with a continuous scene of figures in conversation before pagodas amongst pine trees and rocky outcrops, with further figures at various pursuits within each pagoda, the rim carved with clouds, the base with Sanskrit inscription, age cracks, 15cm high; and another, smaller, cylindrical, carved to the front with a cartouche enclosing a scholar seated beneath a maple tree attended by two boys with a further boy observing from a pagoda, the reverse with a rondel enclosing a pair of birds amongst scrolling clouds, the sides interspersed with five-character script, the whole enclosed by a circle-and-dot diaper border, with inverted foot, age cracks, 13cm high