A CHINESE SILVER-INLAID IRON BRUSHPOT, BITONG

A CHINESE SILVER-INLAID IRON BRUSHPOT, BITONG
19TH CENTURY

Decorated with seven figures engaged in everyday life, between geometric borders, the base with a six character Qianlong seal mark, 844g, 12cm.

Cf. The Marsh Collection, Bonhams London, 7 November 2022, lot 60 for a related iron brushpot decorated with deer, see also a related silver-wire inlaid iron brushpot, dated to the18th century, from the Florence and Herbert Irving collection, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc.no.2015.500.6.27.