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Lot 354

A famille verte brushpot, bitong
Kangxi

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,200 inc. premium

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A famille verte brushpot, bitong

Kangxi
The cylindrical body brightly enamelled with poetic inscriptions alternating with two scenes comprising a scholar seated by a qin served by his attendant and a pagoda in a mountainous river landscape, all framed by wan and flowers on trellis diaper bands below the rim and petal panels above the foot.
14.5cm (5¾in) high.

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A very similar brushpot was sold at Sotheby's London, 13 May 2009, lot 172.

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