PFR142710 Brushpot with hing-shu poetry couplet, made by Hsiao-Shan, Qianlong period, Ch\'ing dynasty (carved bamboo) by Chinese School (17th century); height: 11.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: reverse bears "O", the single \'Goose\' character which refers to calligrapher Wang Hsi-chi who exchanged his calligraphy for geese and likened his brush strokes to the rise and fall of their wings in flight; Hsiao-Shan could have been Ch\'ien Shu-shih or Wang Shieh from Wu-hu; made under the emperor Ch\'ien Lung;); 穢 Paul Freeman; Chinese, out of copyright.