Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 162
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' BRUSHPOT
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £7500
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Description
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' BRUSHPOT, BITONG
KANGXI 1662-1722
The waisted cylindrical body flaring towards the mouth, decorated with a continuous scene of figures dispersed throughout a mountainous watery landscape, with double rings to the base, 14.6cm.
Provenance: from a deceased estate, Dorset, purchased from Artemesia, Alresford on 21st May 1992 for £800. A copy of the invoice is available.
Cf. Christie's New York, 22nd March 2007, lot 326 for a cylindrical blue and white Kangxi brushpot decorated with a similar scene of figures in a continuous river landscape.