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PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH LADY AND GENTLEMAN
A BLUE AND WHITE BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
of cylindrical form with the deep straight sides rising from a slightly sunken base, the exterior finely painted with a kneeling scholar holding a zouzhe with both hands before a shrine adorned with two sinuous dragons on individual pillars, amongst an audience of civil and military officials along with gift-bearing attendants, all set within a nobleman's court surrounded by bamboo and craggy rockwork, the back painted with a column of auspicious clouds, the base centered with a butterfly in underglaze blue
17 cm, 6 11/16 in.
Estimate
30,000
—
50,000
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