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I wonder why yours is that oval shape? It is an intriguing piece.
@surfcollector Well there is a very good reason to visit Hawaii, not to see volcano or beach, but to go to your thrift shops and garage sales.
Hehe Sharon you have no idea! Hows this little Zitan Brush Holder (.99) and Vase (10.49). Im not even a regular in the thrift shops and i got these the other day just dropping by. There is a unique history to how these things ended up on a little island in the Pacific. Many Chinese and Japanese moved there entire families to Hawaii around the turn of the century to start a new life, as the sugar plantations were a booming industry. (California had the gold rush, we had the sugar rush) Some would bring along generations of family heirlooms-whatever they could pack into steamer trunks. And you should see the things i drag out of our swap meet on the weekends!
@surfcollector I would have to buy a large rolling bag to get my purchases home, I've done that before or take them to a mail stop to be packed up and shipped. I have shipped my dirty clothes home from Florida so I could pack up my 'treasure' in luggage. 🤣
That beach looks beautifuI! What a lovely place to live.
I don't think I would have spent that much on the vase. Has the brush holder got a neat little hole near the bottom and if so, why is that? It seems to high to be drainage or is it not a hole? I don't know much about different woods but it is amazing how it looks like it is made of pottery.
Sharon i believe we are all cut from the same cloth in that regard! Julia there is no hole, and that luster is an important characteristic of zitan wood. If you dont see that luster on a piece, figure carving furniture or the like -and someone is calling it “ZItan”, to quote Mr. Combs—-“RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!”. I must admit the layer of filth on the porcelain Zun vase got me excited more than the mark lol! It may be a later tribute piece (i haven’t found a comparable yet) but I was happy to pay the tag price, considering what id have to pay Christies for one half the size. Just flipping through a few of my books, im impressed by the color accuracy in particular. Sorry im going off the highway here adding this stuff to my post! i hope someone chimes in about the lacquer piece over the weekend 😎 Aloha!
The photos of the lacquer piece are hard to judge , but to me it looks modern/ mid C20th-
the mother of pearl inlay is very rough and unrefined and not at all what you would expect from a qing dynasty workshop in Canton etc., and the 'lacquer ' looks moulded to me rather than carved, not from a tree resin but from plastic resin, but without examining it carefully it 's impossible to tell. I am always suspicious of pieces which have lots of ingrained dust and dirt because I see so many things here (in China), in different materials which are deliberately dirtied and fouled to give the impression of age.
tam
Believe this will predate Qing, as exactly one of the reasons you mentioned -it being of “unrefined”. This is exactly why i believe may be very early. (Along with other examples ive found) Although as an experienced wood worker, i find the carving absolutely gorgeous, and mind boggling in it’s execution. Also, the inlay work is veey well done, there are no areas sticking up, no sharp edges. Smooth to the touch. It was meticulously crafted. Here are few more magnified photos, to display the wood under the lacquer-especially at high points and edges of the carving. We can clearly see the wood grains. Also a little area of damage exposes the lacquer coating and wood as well. On the mandala side, the translucency around the center shows the wood underneath. I mistakenly called it “black laquered” when i first posted this. Now its obvious after more inspecting it has an amber tonal quality. Alas -i wish we were all sitting at a table together to share these objects in hand!
Agree on the vase, the build too sharp and angular. But,they did well with the decoration.
These pictures of the brush holder will display the age. Ive been handling Hawaiian and South Pacific wood carvings, bowls and weapons for quite some time. Takes a good amount of time for wood to age like this. And- as expected its heavy as a brick!
A couple of the brush holder. Has an old insect hole on rim. Again, thank you all for viewing and commenting!
Kenny, as I said previously, the earlier items were exquisite. The designs were intricate, each piece of mother of pearl was judged precisely and the overall design had meaning. Your piece lacks all that, which I imagine is what Tam means by unrefined. Did you try looking through a loupe at the chipped pieces?
Thanks for the additional photos of the brushpot. I can't really comment on it, never having seen one like that. However, I will say that I think the vase can be dated according to the clothes the man and child are wearing. It is fairly easy to replicate the colours but to capture the style of an era requires a lot more of the artist than simply copying what they think they see. Tourist pieces came up on here the other day and I suspect this may be that type of thing, not intending to decieve but produced to allow visitors to take away a piece of old China. It is rather nice in that respect.
I will be interested to see what else you find, as much as anything it is amazing how items travel the world, what stories they could tell!
Want to share this book a friend lent me. He is an educated Chinese collector with nearly 40 years in the field. He immediatly found the important designs on my piece, on a 16th century box in the book. Possibly done by the same hand. He noted how the Swastika designs on my piece are not angular, but take the form of a cube. Ive not noticed the 3 dimensional effect until was pointed out to me. Also was suggested this was used for tea ceremony, the floral side placed up when not being used for viewing pleasure, and the sun/star pattern up when being used to place cup. This could explain the wear around the “star”. Anyways, the book is a fantastic reference and i highly recommended if you want to build some knowledge in this department.
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