清末至民國 黃花梨嵌金銀「獅子林」圖筆筒 「玉父」印

of cylindrical form, the exterior decorated with a three-character inscription in archaic script reading Shizilin ('Lion Grove Garden') above a continuous scene depicting pavilions set in a landscape with lush vegetation and craggy and large gnarled rock formations, the details meticulously picked out in gold and silver inlays, with a square seal enclosing two characters reading Yu fu ('jade father')

紐約佳士得1994年6月2日，編號24

It is in overall very good condition, with only some expected occasional minute losses or loosening to the inlaids. The brushpot also has some typical dents and scratches, especially to the base.
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Intricately inlaid in gold and silver, this brushpot depicts the famous garden Shizilin (Lion Grove garden), as identified in the inscription. Located to the south of the Humble Administrator’s Garden in Suzhou, Shizilin was originally designed by the Buddhist monk Tianru Weize (1286-1354), who wished to recreate the grove where the Buddha reached enlightenment. Designed with dramatic rocks forming a labyrinth of peaks, paths and grottoes, the garden became the gathering place for scholars and literati, including the painter Ni Zan (1301-1374). In the early Qing dynasty the garden was renovated by a private family, after it fell into a state of disrepair during the 16th century. The Qianlong Emperor visited Shizilin more than five times during his reign, and ordered court artists to recreate the garden in the Yuanmingyuan. A woodblock print of Shizilin made for the Emperor’s southern tours, in the Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, was included in the exhibition The Emperor’s Private Paradise, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2010, p. 60, pl. 7.