Fine Chinese Works of Art & Paintings - 24th May 2023

Lot 427

†A CHINESE BLACK LACQUERED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £4200

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Description

†A CHINESE BLACK LACQUERED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, BITONG
18TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body delicately incised with a design of two pairs of birds amidst blossoming prunus, bamboo and rocks, heightened in gold, the interior red, the base with a black and red marbled design, 16.5cm.

Cf. Charm of Bamboo, Zhejiang Provincial Museum, 2011, pp.73-74, item 12, for a similar but smaller brushpot.

清十八世紀 黑漆竹刻填金花鳥紋筆筒