A Chinese iron-red reverse-decorated 'shou' cup, Qing dynasty, xie zhu zhu ren mark ?

拍品描述

Delicately potted with curved sides, the exterior reverse-decorated to depict stylised shou characters against an iron-red ground, the base with a four-character Xiezhu zhuren mark Size:(6.1cm diameter) Qty: (1) Notes: Xiezhu zhuren may be translated as 'Master of the Xie Bamboo'. Xie (cutting), is the name of a valley in the Kunlun mountains, and it is said that there, during the reign of the 'Yellow Emperor' Huangdi, the first musical scale was made from varying lengths of cut bamboo. 懈竹主人，「懈」（意為切割）乃崑崙山中之一谷名。相傳黃帝時期，樂官伶倫採該谷長短不一之竹，削管律定十二律，此即中國最早樂律之由來。

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