明晚期 朱三松款高士圖香筒|Incense holder with scholars in a landscape
late 16th–early 17th century
Medium
Bamboo
Dimensions
Overall (including new wooden ends) H. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Classification
Bamboo
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1995
Accession Number
1995.271
Tags
About the Artist
Zhu Sansong · 1573–1619
Zhu Sansong (1573–1619) was a master bamboo carver of China's late Ming dynasty, renowned for elevating the art of bamboo engraving to new heights within the Jiading school. Hailing from Jiading in Jiangsu Province (modern-day Shanghai area), he belonged to the celebrated "Three Zhus of Jiading," a three-generation family dynasty that pioneered this craft. As the grandson of Zhu Songlin (also know...