A FAMILLE-ROSE 'WINTER LANDSCAPE' BRUSHPOT BY HE XUREN, REPUBLIC PERIOD, DATED JIAXU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1934 |

of square form with indented corners, finely enameled to two sides with winter riverscape scenes, each depicting a scholar in a pavilion surrounded by snow-covered trees and mountains, accompanied by a poetic verse, followed by a signed and dated inscription and two artist seals, the other two sides each inscribed with a long poem, accompanied by a signed and dated inscription and two artist seals, the base with a four-character seal mark in iron red reading Xuren chupin ('made by Xuren')

Hong Kong Private Collection.

The brushpot is in overall good condition with some expected minor surface wear and firing imperfections.
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