A FAMILLE-VERTE 'KUIXING' BRUSHPOT QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY |

the waisted cylindrical form flaring at the rim and supported on a slightly stepped and splayed base, brightly enameled around the exterior depicting a scholar seated at a table studying by candlelight in an austere study, an inscribed screen overhead, beyond the small pavilion the God of Literature in characteristic pose gazing back at the earnest student, the base with an artemisia leaf in underglaze blue, coll. no. 224.

Berwald Oriental Art, London, 2000.

The mouthrim with restored frits and a few small flake chips, and restoration to frits along ridge above base and foot ring. Expected wear to the enamels and surface.
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