A CARVED CHENXIANGMU 'JIAO SUI' CUP 17th/18th centuryA CARVED CHENXIANGMU 'JIAO SUI' CUP17th/18th centuryCarved in high relief around the exterior with a scene depicting two of the 'Eight Drunken Immortals' and an attendant in a mountainous landscape, the rich brown wood with smooth patina, inscribed on the body with a line of a seven-character poem. 8.6cm (3 3/8in) high; 7.5cm (3in) wide.十七/十八世紀 沉香木雕飲中八仙焦遂飲酒杯Libation cups carved from chenxiangmu generally resemble rhinoceros horn cups in appearance, compare with a related late Ming dynasty chenxiangmu carved 'landscape' brushpot inscribed by Jiangchunbo in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Bamboo, Wood Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Hong Kong, 2002, p.21, no.20; see also a 18th century chenxiangmu 'Drunken Eight Immortals' cup, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22 April 2021, lot 3659.侈口翻唇，口沿下陰刻弦紋一周，杯身下收，深浮雕山林樹木及山石，柳樹之下圓雕二高士對酌，石台之上杯盞儼然，高士身後蹲踞一小童，面前高低三缸酒壺，山石雕琢立體深峻，線條圓潤，杯身留白處陰刻詩句「焦遂五斗方卓然」。 所刻詩句出自唐代杜甫《飲中八仙歌》：「焦遂五斗方卓然，高談雄辯驚四筵。」此詩大約是天寶五年（746年）杜甫初到長安時所作。史稱李白與賀知章、李適之、李璡、崔宗之、蘇晉、張旭、焦遂八人俱善飲，稱爲「酒中八仙人」，為長安一時佳話。 參考北京故宮藏一件明代晚期江春波製沉香木雕山水圖筆筒，其山水人物佈局及刀工與本件頗為相似，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系》，香港，2002年，頁21， 編號20。另可比較一對十八世紀沉香木雕飲中八仙詩意圖杯，2021年4月22日售於香港蘇富比，拍品編號3659。