A Hardwood-Mounted Bamboo Brush Pot

A Hardwood-Mounted Bamboo Brush Pot
Qing dynasty, signed Wang Yuangu
The dark bamboo carved and undercut with a continuous mountain scene showing a rural pavilion where two scholars playing weiqi, another watches the game and a fourth person looks outward toward a figure arriving on horseback on a pathway from a rocky ravine, a younger male approaching behind a looming rock with a dog on a leash followed by a scholar and his two assistants crossing over a stream on a simple planed bridge, a willow branch hanging above from the rocky ledge, enhanced by wutong, prunus and pine boughs; the three-character signature incised in clerical script.
6 3/4in (17.2cm) high