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A blue and white 'figural' brushpot Qing dynasty, early Kangxi period | 清康熙初期 青花故事人物圖筆筒

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April 22, 07:57 AM GMT

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800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD

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A blue and white 'figural' brushpot

Qing dynasty, early Kangxi period

清康熙初期 青花故事人物圖筆筒


the exterior skilfully painted with a continuous scene depicting a seated figure visiting a seated dignitary in a terrace, the former accompanied by a warrior and a further dignitary, the figures rendered attended by six ladies, including two holding fans and one a fly whisk, the rim and channel foot of the base left unglazed

d. 17 cm

Roger Keverne Ltd, London, 2005.

Collection of Dr Lowell S. Young, San Francisco, no. 43.


Roger Keverne Ltd，倫敦，2005年

Dr Lowell S. Young 收藏，三藩市，編號43

The Dr. Lowell Young Collection, Ming & Qing Blue & White Porcelain, Marchant, London, 2012, cat. no. 20.

Kangxi Underglaze Blue and Copper-Red, Marchant, London, 2016, cat. no. 1.


《The Dr. Lowell Young Collection: Ming and Qing Blue and White Porcelain》，馬錢特，倫敦，2012年，編號20

《Kangxi Underglaze Blue and Copper-Red》，馬錢特，倫敦，2016年，編號1

A closely related brushpot, depicting lady musicians wearing similar dresses, is Chen Runmin, Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghua ci [Qing dynasty blue and white porcelain of the Shunzhi and Kangxi periods], Beijing, 2005, pl. 220. See also a brushpot from the collection of Mrs. Eugene L. Garbatty on extended loan to the Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, illustrated in Stephen Little, Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period: 1620-1683, New York, 1983, no. 20, and one from the Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson, sold in our London rooms, 7th November 2012, lot 39.