A RARE NATURALISTIC BURLWOOD VASE, YIQing DynastyNaturalistically carved with an irregular body with undulating sides, the elongated spout extending outwards from one side, the surface of deep reddish-brown tone, box.36.5cm (14 3/8in) wide. (2).For further information on this lot please visit theProvenance: 清 癭木隨形匜Provenance:Sotheby's Hong Kong, 4 April 2015, lot 2931 (offered)來源:香港蘇富比，2015年4月4日，拍品編號2931（上拍）This burlwood vase is formed naturalistically into the shape of archaistic bronze vessel,Yi after the Western Zhou dynasty. See the form of an archaic bronze,Yi, Western Zhou dynasty, in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by ,Xiashangzhou qingtongqi yanjiu (Study of Bronzes from Xia, Shang, Zhou Dynasties), Shanghai, 2004, pp.560-562. The refined shape can be used as a container for flower arrangement which was a favoured pastime for the self-cultivation of literati, see related discussion inThe Enchanting Splendor of Vases and Planters: A Special Exhibition of Flower Vessels from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, pp.4-8.此匜以癭木隨形雕成，形狀扭曲奇特，渾然天成，造型極富藝術效果, 可做花插，可以陳設，在小中見大，豐富文人獨樂而又修身的生活趣味，相關討論見《瓶盆風華：明清花盆特展》，國立故宮博物院，臺北，2014年，頁4-8。表面帶棗紅色包漿，厚重溫潤。其形狀天然，與周代青銅匜有不謀之合，參考上海博物館藏西周晚期齊侯匜，見陳佩芬，《夏商周青銅器研究》，上海，2004年，頁560-562。