Bamboo Carving with Green Immortal Figure Armrest

[Arm rest of bamboo immortal picture]

The arm rest of bamboo immortal picture is clear, 23.5 cm long, 6.8 cm wide and 0.7 cm thick. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The armrests are long and covered with tiles. The landscape characters are mainly depicted by the technique of leaving green. The composition is full and the decoration is exquisite and subtle. The lower part is carved with the waves rolling over, the cliffs standing upright, and the pines standing upright on them; The upper part of the cliff is steep, like rising from the sky. He also carved immortals such as He Er Xian and Liu Haichan in the air, in the waves and on the cliffs. The technique of leaving green is very skilled, and the removal and retention thickness of the blue skin is used to express the depth of the brush strokes. The use of the longitudinal silk texture of bamboo to create a dry and wet rendering effect, combined with shallow relief, intaglio and other techniques, to pursue the artistic conception of meticulous painting, shows that the bamboo carving technique at that time has developed to a very mature stage