Bamboo carved chrysanthemum picture arm rest

[Bamboo chrysanthemum picture arm rest]

Bamboo chrysanthemum picture arm rest, clear, 24.8 cm long, 6.8 cm wide, 1.9 cm thick. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The arm rest is long, tiled and has four short feet. The surface of the instrument is decorated with relief relief and intaglio. The picture takes chrysanthemum as the main body, holds half of the edge, and the composition is very steep. The chrysanthemums blooming in the lower part are particularly eye-catching. They are mixed with bamboo leaves and so on. Together, they are two gentlemen, meaning meaningful. The contour line of the petals is clear, such as the double hook of ink line, and the hole is made in the contour, which has a strong three-dimensional sense. The flowers and leaves are evenly divided into yin and yang, and the positive ones are bounded by the yang line, and the veins are carved with the yin line. The upper part is facing back to the petals, and the flower petals arc convex. The back leaves are framed with the yin line, and the yang line is the vein. This work is exquisitely carved, with a knife like a pen, and has the charm of meticulous painting. The introduction of regular script on the upper right: “The Tang Dynasty was written in Yusheng Tower” and “Wang Zeng’s iron pen” read and “opened” and “first” seal script were printed
Tang Yu, a native of Nanhui (now Shanghai) in the Ming Dynasty, is a worker of flowers and birds. It is said that he lived in seclusion at the Yusheng Tower in Minhang for 20 years. Wang Zeng is unknown


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