清康熙 青花金榜折桂圖筆筒

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

This brushpot is in good condition with the exception of being slightly warped in the firing to one side, the rim has been polished, there is a ca. 3mm., flake to the inner edge of the footring and minor glaze firing imperfections including tiny blisters around the exterior.
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此筆筒紋飾描繪細緻，糅合釉下青花之雅及精煉筆觸，風格獨特，多見於山石行雲畫，出自一組同類筆筒，邊飾相近，筒口光素無釉。比較三例，繪各式人物，現藏於北京故宮博物院，圖見《故宮博物院藏品大系 陶瓷編21清順治康熙（I）》，北京，2013年，圖版179-181；倫敦蘇富比曾售一例，1971年4月20日，編號34；紐約佳士得售出兩例，其一來自T. Gordon Little收藏，售於2005年3月31日，編號359，其二出自普孟斐收藏，2012年3月22日，編號1279。