Fine Chinese Paintings and Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 510
A GOOD CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'SCHOLAR' BRUSHPOT
Estimate £8,000 - £12,000 | Hammer £17000
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Description
A GOOD CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'SCHOLAR' BRUSHPOT, BITONG
KANGXI 1662-1722
The cylindrical body painted in inky cobalt-blue with a seated scholar contemplating in a continuous rocky landscape with bamboo and pine shrubs, his attendants preparing tea, all between a narrow chevron and a freestyle dotted borders, 13.8cm.
Provenance: from the collection of Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay GCB, KCMG, CVO, PC,1877-1945, and thence by descent. Sir Ronald Lindsay was a British civil servant and diplomat. He was the British Ambassador to Turkey from 1925-26 and to Germany from 1926-28; from 1928-30, he was Permanent Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and from 1930-39 the British Ambassador to the United States of America.