The announcement of victory at Dongshan during the Battle of Feishui " - POT A PINCEAUX / BITONG EN BAMBOO SCULPTE D'APRES WU ZHIFAN???
China, First half of the 20th century
Oval section, flat foot, hollow underneath, and flat lip. Cut from a bamboo wood. It is carved with a continuous decoration in various reliefs around its circumference. It shows riders galloping on the one hand, and on the other, a scene of three wise men seeming to play mahjong around a table (short crack at the lip).
H: 13 cm - W: 10.7 cm - D: 9.3 cm
Approximate weight: 230 grams
Note: A beautiful handmade work, work of a quality artist, made at the beginning of the 20th century by an unidentified artist after a famous work by Wu Zhifan, one of the greatest masters of bamboo carving. The work in question is kept in the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City in Beijing / Beijing, China. The scene described is entitled: "The Announcement of Victory at Dongshan in the Battle of Feishui", which took place in 383 during the Eastern Jin.

ANNOUNCING VICTORY TO DONGSHAN FROM THE BATTLE OF FEISHUI' - A CARVED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT / BITONG AFTER WU ZHIFAN????
China, First half of 20th century