A rare silver cylindrical brushpot, bitong
Heavily cast and resting on four lobed feet, the exterior boldly cast in relief with a continuous scene of a celebratory procession of boys variously riding hobby horses, lighting firecrackers, blowing a trumpet and beating drums and cymbals, in front of figures watching from pagodas, one waving a musical-stone pendant and another carrying a large vase of flowers, one large rock bearing the inscription Shi shi cang shu (Stone Hall Library).
14cm (5½ in) diam.
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