Bamboo incense holder

Manager ID

344

Title

Bamboo incense holder, signed by Zhu Zhizheng and cyclically dated Ming dynasty, probably 1602

Short title

Bamboo incense holder

Record number

BATEA : 337

Simple name

incense holder

Classified name

bamboo; wood; incense holder; Zhu Zhizheng; Ming; landscape; scholar's studio; China; signed; figure; dated

Description

Description part summary

Reticulated bamboo perfume holder with five scholars under a single gnarled pine crowding round a table, on which are writing materials. To one side is a servant cooking tea. Two female servants and two cats playing above three scholars, one is writing on a rock beside a servant, another servant is in a pavilion; inscribed signature of Zhu Zhizheng alias Zhu Sansang and date probably 1602. Zhu Zhizheng is the third generation of a very famous family of Ming bamboo carvers and was the teacher of Shen Dashing see Batea 334.

Description material

bamboo

Description condition

good

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body	brown
decoration

Description length

Description height

17.1 cm

Description diameter

3.5 cm

Description width

Description depth

Description inscription

Description notes

Gallery location

Gallery 2

Labels

Subjects

wood > bamboo

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