Bamboo carving with green willow shade horse wash pen holder

[Bamboo carving with green willow shade horse wash picture pen holder]

Bamboo carving with green willow shade horse wash picture pen holder, clear, 13.7 cm high, and 9 cm maximum caliber. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The pen holder is a natural scroll style, with a nearly “concave” section, symmetrical left and right, and curved flow, which takes great care in material selection. The mouth is inlaid with asparagus, with harmonious color and natural transition. The diaphragm of the original bamboo joint is retained at the bottom, slightly modified, and the style is simple, which can not be obtained by manual carving. The outer wall of the pen holder shows the scene of washing horses in the willow shade with the method of leaving green. The picture unfolds slowly like a scroll on the arc part, beside the willow tree and on the bank of the stream, three strong horses, either standing or lying, with vivid expressions and accurate movements. In the stream, a man held his trousers high and held the reins in his hand. The horse stretched its neck and walked slowly, with a relaxed mood. Taking the concave part as the boundary, the opposite of the Bathing Horse Map is that a horse hangs its head and hides behind the rocks. The unique shape of the pen holder adds a subtle change to the decoration pattern
The craft of leaving blue is extremely exquisite, which can distinguish multiple layers in the thin green cloud, and show the perspective relationship of objects. Some local treatments, such as wicker, horsetail, stream and other parts, have their own uniqueness. In particular, the whirlpool is supplemented by yin carving, the grass and trees are mixed with light relief, and the trunk is slightly dyed. The combination of various techniques adds a lot of color to this device


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