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Lot 7279A

A group of three biscuit-enameled porcelain brush rests of mountain form
18th/19th century

23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A group of three biscuit-enameled porcelain brush rests of mountain form

18th/19th century
Each displaying five peaks: the largest molded in raised relief with a qilin and banana plant reversed by an ox looking at the moon while straddling waves, the surfaces glazed in a combination of leaf green, aubergine, yellow and colorless enamels, the foot pad and shallow recessed base left unglazed; the second covered with aubergine enamel on the five faceted peaks rising from a crescent-shaped flat base that is unglazed; the last also displaying a curving profile to the five faceted peaks glazed in amber enamel that rise from a reticulated frieze of bats and vegetation colored in aubergine enamel, the flat base also unglazed.
5 3/4, 5 1/4 and 4in (15.4, 13.2 and 10cm) long

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Provenance:
acquired in 1966 as per acquisition number 1966.334

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