• Dimension: Height: 11 1/8 in (28.0 cm) Length: 13 7/8 in (35.0 cm) Width: 9 7/8 in (25.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $16000
• Estimate To: $22000

Chinese. The brushpot is carved naturalistically from a large segment of aloeswood 'chengxiang' wood, in high and low relief to produce the effect of depth and perspective, to depict gnarled prunus blossoms and pine branches to the body and mouth rim, the wood is of deep brown tone with characteristic aloeswood aroma. Qing Dynasty period.

筆筒以整段沉香料隨形雕成，選料碩大，整體宛如一段蒼勁的老梅樁，包漿渾厚，香韻十足。其上梅枝錯落伸展，梅瓣點點，均利用沉香的天然形態巧妙雕琢而成。整體觀之，渾樸自然，猶如天成，文人氣息濃厚。有關此沉香筆筒的類似器物，請參見2971號拍品，於2017年11月29日在香港佳士得拍賣行以812,500港幣成交