Fine Chinese Paintings and Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 538
A FINE AND RARE CHINESE CARVED CELADON BRUSHPOT
Estimate £10,000 - £20,000 | Hammer £18000
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Description
A FINE AND RARE CHINESE CARVED CELADON BRUSHPOT, BITONG
KANGXI 1662-1722
The wide cylindrical body decorated with a continuous landscape scene of pagodas, willow, pine, rocks and figures and in a sampan, all beneath a scrolling border, the base with a recessed glazed circle with a six character Xuande mark, with a wood stand, 17.2cm. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of Elsie McCorkindale d.1953, Trebetherick, Cornwall.
Cf. Christie's Hong Kong, 29th April 2001, lot 520 for a closely related carved celadon landscape bitong.