Lot 14
RARE CHINESE STONE AND SILVER-WIRE INLAID ZITAN BRUSH POT
XUEJU (SUN KEHONG) MARK, MING TO QING DYNASTY
Auction: 15 May 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
明至清 雪居（孫克弘）款 紫檀錯銀絲嵌百寶文人雅聚筆筒
of cylindrical form, depicting a scholar walking towards a rock table seated with three other scholars, reverse with a dense and dramatic shanshui landscape embellished with various carved stones, one side inlaid with silver wire with a two-character ‘Xue Ju’ mark within a square panel
Dimensions
11cm high
Provenance
Private English collection
英格蘭私人收藏
Footnote
Sun Kehong (孫克弘, 1533-1611), style name Yun Zhi (允執), pen name Xue Ju (雪居, Owner of Snow Dwelling), was a native of Songjiang (part of present-day Shanghai) and the son of the Minister of Rites, Sun Cheng’en (孫承恩, 1481-1561). During his lifetime, Sun Kehong was highly regarded as a painter, calligrapher, and book collector.
Compare to a hexagonal zitan ‘prunus’ cup, Ming dynasty, inlaid with Xue Ju mark, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, accession no. xin 新00093187. Also see a zitan tool vase, inlaid with Xue Ju mark, is in the Shanghai Museum. See an inlaid zitan ‘prunus’ box and cover, marked ‘Ke Hong’, exhibited in ‘Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati’, J.J Lally & Co., 13-27 March 2020, catalogue number 7.
孫克弘（1533–1611），字允執，號雪居，松江人（今上海一帶），為禮部尚書孫承恩（1481–1561）之子。孫克弘生前以畫家、書法家及藏書家著稱，備受推崇。
參一例北京故宮博物院藏，紫檀木福祿壽螭梅紋六方委角杯，落「雪居」款，館藏號「新00093187」。上海博物館亦藏有一件孫克弘銘嵌銀絲篆文紫檀。另參一例孫克弘製紫檀百寶嵌錯銀絲梅紋題詩長方盒，落款「克弘」，2020年3月13-27日展出於紐約藍理捷藝廊：「Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati」，圖版7，可資比較。