A 'FAMILLE-VERTE' CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOT QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

brightly enamelled around the exterior with Daoist Immortals walking on scrolling clouds, with a scholar seated at a window in a pavilion

Commander F Warrington-Strong DSC.

City Art Gallery Bristol, 1965-1998.

The brushpot is in good overall condition with the exception of light rubbing to the iron-red decoration, some minor firing imperfections including iron-spot glaze imperfections, pinhead-sized glaze holes and light glaze scratches.
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The scene depicts Lu Dongbin escorting White Peony across the clouds, who is being carried by the willow tree spirit.