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A LARGE ZITAN MAGNOLIA-SHAPED BRUSHPOT, BITONG Qing Dynasty image 1
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Lot 191

A LARGE ZITAN MAGNOLIA-SHAPED BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Qing Dynasty

15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£10,000 - £15,000

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A LARGE ZITAN MAGNOLIA-SHAPED BRUSHPOT, BITONG

Qing Dynasty
Naturalistically carved in the shape of curling magnolia petals, decorated to the exterior in high relief with a continuous scene of blooming and budding magnolias borne on curling branches and leafy sprigs, the wood of a deep dark brown tone. 24cm (9 1/2in) high.

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清 紫檀玉蘭式筆筒

Provenance: Bonhams London, 9 November 2017, lot 106

來源: 倫敦邦瀚斯,2017年11月9日,拍品編號106

Since ancient times, the magnolia has been regarded as a symbol of purity and elegance. Scholars often used it as a form of self-encouragement. Compare with a similar but smaller zitan brushpot, by Wen Fu, late Ming dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Hong Kong, 2002, no.23. See a related hongmu magnolia-shaped brushpot, Yongzheng period, in the Palace Museum, Beijing (acc.no.新00197026).

See also a similar zitan brushpot, 18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3328.

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