Fine Chinese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 509
A LARGE CHINESE DOUCAI 'FIGURAL' BRUSHPOT
Estimate £20,000 - £30,000 | Hammer £28000
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Description
A LARGE CHINESE DOUCAI 'FIGURAL' BRUSHPOT, BITONG
KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted with two similar scenes of a young scholar offering a jue and a book to an official in a fenced garden, divided by stylised shou characters, the base with a recessed glazed circle, 18.2cm wide.
Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from Jan van Beers Oriental Art, London, on 9th May 2011, a copy of the original invoice is available.
The subject is a ceremony called the jia guan jin jue, which is to commemorate an official's promotion to the rank of nobility.