BAMBOO BRUSHPOT IN THE SHANTY

IN THE SHANTY - LIU YUXI - BAMBOO BRUSHPOT
QING PERIOD 1644 to 1911

A Magnificent extremely rare antique Chinese Calligraphic Bamboo Brush pot.
The colour of mellowed dark chestnut brown, the calligraphy a lighter shade.
Carved in high relief in Xingshu script, with a Poem called; In the Shanty.

I do not read Chinese. When this brushpot was originally acquired, I was told this was the title and poets name...
Have not been able to locate an English translation (if anyone knows please advise)

Beautifully written and superbly carved calligraphy, as though painted by a Calligraphy Master's ink brush.

Formerly the property of a Japanese collector.

Condition: excellent
Please refer to the images for details as they also form the description.

Depending on your computer monitor / phone / etc colour may vary to actual

Height about : 13.9 cm
Diameter about: 13. cm
Weight: 340 grams

A$750

Liu Yuxi came from from Luoyang city, Henan Province.
He was an official who passed the highest imperial examinations when he was twenty and he worked alongside the poet Liu Zongyuan.
Later, he was demoted for political reasons and sent to work for nine years in a minor position in Langzhou in Hunan Province.
Though he was later recalled to the capital, he continued to have political problems, offending officials with his satirical writing, and finding himself again exiled to various postings around the country, though he ending his life working in a good position as President of the Board of Rites. He was considered an important poet in his day, and wrote poetry that showed an interest in adapting folk songs to poetry (as in the "Bamboo Branch Song" included in the Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry) along with very strong political poems.
His repeated exile was a direct result of the political views evinced in his poetry