Ivory, wooden base China, 18th century The thick cylindrical walls superbly carved in different levels of relief with a continuous scene depicting the famous Jin Dynasty poet Pan Yue in a cart whilst ladies and children are throwing fruits at him. The tale says that Pan Yue was so handsome that wherever he went he was pelted with fruits as a sign of admiration by the women who saw him. Countless ladies are gathered at the palace terrace and groups of people are on their way to pick fruits or bring them back in little baskets, with further figures overlooking the scene from pavilions and walkways in the background, all set within a tree-strewn rocky landscape. The wooden base bears an old collector’s number and the inscription (=transcribed) ‘Qianlong’. The fine workmanship and some of the stylistic features found on the present example can be seen in a number of ivory carvings in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Bamboo, Wood and Ivory Carvings, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, vol. 44, nos.151, 152 and 156. Shape: Cylindrical shape Dimensions: 16,5 (height with base), 13,2 cm (height without base), 11,3 cm (diameter at the upper rim) Condition: Good condition with natural patina and age cracks mainly at the rims and inside, one segment of lower rim reattached professionally, bottom inset is a wooden replacement, wooden base misses one foot Provenance: American private collection Literature comparison: For an Imperial ivory brush pot of comparable quality, slightly taller see Christie’s, Exceptional Chinese Works of Art from an Important European Collection, 30 November 2011, HONG KONG, lot 2902. In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is an 18th century ivory brushpot depicting the tale of Pan Yue, listed under Acc. Nr. 2015.500.6.10. It was donated by Florence and Herbert Irving, New York and originally acquired at Spink & Son Ltd., London. 十八世紀御製象牙筆筒“人物故事潘岳” 象牙，木底座 中國，十八世紀 厚厚的圓柱形筆筒表面使用不同手法深淺不一地雕刻了晉朝著名人物潘岳（即潘安）出游場景。這個故事說潘越是如此英俊，以至於他每次出游都會被婦女孩童“掷果盈车”。 無數女士聚集在亭臺樓閣前觀看，亦有很多人去撿水果或將它們從籃子中取出。場景表現疏密不一，樹木繁茂又有假山岩石作爲場景替換。 木底座上可見老藏家標簽“Qianlong”字樣。類似工藝及風格特徵可見北京故宮博物院中所藏牙雕，出版于《竹木牙角雕刻/故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集》，香港，2002年，第44冊，圖151, 152， 156。 圓柱體 尺寸：16,5 cm (連底座高度) 高13,2 cm，上邊緣直徑11,3 cm 品相良好，自然包漿，因年代所致乾裂紋，主要在邊緣及筒内，下部邊緣的有一段曾經過專業修復，瓶底是一個木製替代品，木底座缺一足。 美國私人收藏 文獻參考：另一件御製類似質量但稍高的筆筒可見佳士得《歐洲私人珍藏重要中國藝術品》，2011年11月30日，香港，2902號拍品 。 在紐約大都會藝術博物館的收藏中有一件十八世紀“潘岳人物故事”象牙筆筒，收藏編號2015.500.6.10. 此筆筒由 紐約Florence 及 Herbert Irving夫婦捐贈，原先購於倫敦Spink & Son Ltd。