Wrist rest decorated with bamboo

Jin Xiya Chinese
1929
Not on view
This wrist rest is an excellent example of bamboo carving by Jin Xiya (1890–1979), the finest bamboo artist active in twentieth-century China. It showcases Jin’s virtuosic command of traditional bamboo carving. His works incorporate compositions from designs contributed by his contemporary artists, such as Araki Jipo (Japanese, 1872–1944) on this piece. Jin’s works not only represent the highest achievement of bamboo carving in early twentieth century China, but they also preserve a microcosm of the literati world of that time, when members of the scholarly elite sought to sustain inherited traditions in the face of a rapidly modernizing world.

According to the archival list of Jin’s works (wrist rest #38), the bamboo carving was completed in the winter of 1929.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 現代 金西崖刻竹圖竹臂擱
  • Title: Wrist rest decorated with bamboo
  • Artist: Jin Xiya (Chinese, 1890–1979)
  • Period: Republic period (1912–49)
  • Date: 1929
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Bamboo with intaglio carving
  • Dimensions: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
  • Classification: Bamboo
  • Credit Line: Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund for Asian Art, 2020
  • Object Number: 2020.352
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Jin Xiya
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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