An ivory brush pot, bitong 18th century
Lot 456Y
An ivory brush pot, bitong
18th century
Sold for £ 7,200 (US$ 10,040) inc. premium

Fine Chinese Art

11 Nov 2010, 10:30 GMT

London, New Bond Street
Lot Details
An ivory brush pot, bitong
18th century
The cylindrical brushpot decorated on the exterior with pagodas in a mountainous landscape strewn with bamboo and pine, the reverse incised with an eight-line poetic inscription, the base decorated with a prunus sprig.
13.1cm (5⅛in) high

Footnotes

  • Provenance: a British private collection.
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