清 留青賞梅圖臂擱 「希黃」款

of cylindrical-segment form, the convex side carved in delicately in precise detail in liu qing technique with a reclusive scholar seated within a pavilion and looking out at the prunus blossoms borne on the gnarled branches of the overhanging trees outside the pavilion, the pavilion further framed by jagged rockwork and bamboo shoots, the upper right section of the wristrest carved in semi-cursive script with Su Shi's poem, Zai he Yang gong ji mei hua shi jue: zhi yi, followed by the characters Xihuang of Zhang Xihuang and a square seal mark reading xihuang, the surface with a lustrous patina, Japanese double wood box

Brian Harkins Oriental Art Ltd.，倫敦

Good overall condition, with just minor surface wear and small chips to the upper reverse and lower reverse corners.
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本品臂擱，承明末大家張希黃之留青竹技，於竹皮之上，開瓊山，立松閣，過手成林。生竹皮色淺青，底色深；熟之，則皮色金黃，底色深褐，二者對比鮮明，層次多變，清麗素雅。

臂擱刻一高士安坐於岸邊小屋窗前欣賞湖光山色之景象。上題蘇軾《再和楊公濟梅花十絕》之一：「一枝風物便清和，看盡千林未覺多。結習已空從著袂，不須天女問雲何。”款作「希黃」，並刻「希黃」印。張希黃生平不詳，研究者推為清初江南人，以所作留青山水樓閣，工細絕倫，為世推崇。

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