Pair-Matched Chinese Bamboo Brush Pots – late Qing
February 2013 Auction by Far East Asian Art

A matched pair of Chinese bamboo brush pots for the scholars’ desk. Each of the pots is intricately carved with landscape scenes around the outside of each pot. At first look, we thought they might have been machine or laser carved because the design on both is so identical. However, after very close examination with a ten power loupe, it seems certain that each was hand carved – probably using an overlay pattern...