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A Chinese Boxwood Brushwasher - Damo - Qing browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Chinese:Scholar Art:Pre 1910: item # 823364 Please refer to our stock # ICHI 3750 when inquiring.
Ichiban Japanese & Oriental Antiques Post Office Box 395 Marion, CT 06444-0395 203.272.7392 Guest Book $695.00 |
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This is a beautifully carved boxwood brushwasher for the scholars desk – used to rinse off the brushes used in calligraphy and painting. This fine example is a very detailed carving in boxwood with a scene of a lohan – probably Damo - resting in a clump of low lying evergreen trees or bushes. A stylized crane looks on from one of the branches. The piece measures 7 ½” long by 2 ½” high by 2 ¾” wide and is in excellent condition. At one time, one of the branches snapped off at two ends and was professionally restored – the restoration was done so well that we cannot locate where the break was even with a ten-power loupe. It has fine patina. These wooden pieces are very difficult to date – we think this one is from the late 19th to early 20th century, Qing Dynasty; however, the patina shows that it could be even older. Da Mo was is revered as the spiritual father of Zen Buddhism, having been the twenty-eight patriarch after Sakyamuni (the historic Buddha) and the first patriarch of Zen Buddhism in China. He is known as Damo to the Chinese; Daruma to the Japanese. Bodhidarma was born around 440 A.D. in Kanchi, the capital of the Southern Indian kingdom of Pallava. He was a Brahman by birth, the third child of King Suganda, was a member of the Kshatriya or warrior caste, and had his childhood in Conjeerveram – a Buddhist province south of Madras. He received his religious training from theDhyana Master Prajnatara, and was considered very wise in the way of Dhyana and Zen practices. |
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