A well carved bamboo brusht pot with a design depicting a mountain landscape featuring a figural scene, with an inscription

Description:

China, signed Hou Songyin ke (carved by Hou Songyin), Qing Dynasty
H. 15,7 cm
Old North German private collection - Minimal superficial age cracks
Hou Songyin (侯松音) was an outstanding Chinese bamboo carver of the Qing dynasty. He came from Jiading (now a district of Shanghai), the historical center of the traditional Chinese art of bamboo carving (the "Jiading School"). He was active during the reigns of the Qianlong and Jiaqing emperors (c. 1736-1820) and achieved historical renown for his masterful, deeply relief-carved bamboo brush pots, which feature figural motifs.