A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS POND' BRUSHPOT, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS POND' BRUSHPOT

QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

清康熙 青花蓮塘佳色圖筆筒

of waisted cylindrical form flaring at the mouth, painted in rich cobalt-blue tones around the exterior with aquatic birds amongst a river of lotus pods and other water plants issuing from rockwork, below a band of leafing lotus blooms above a circle of lappets, the base unglazed

Diameter 8½ in., 21.5 cm