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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘VIRTUOUS
OFFICIALS’ BRUSHPOT
Kangxi six-character mark, 19th/20th century
The cylindrical vessel with straight sides, with
a forty-seven line extract from shengzhu de
xianchen song ‘Ode to the finding of Virtuous
Officials by the Sage Ruler’ in regular script,
with a seal mark in copper-red, reading
Xichao Chuan’gu, ‘The Court of Kangxi
transmitting Antiquity’.
19.5cm (7 5/8in) diam.
£1,500 - 2,000 276
CNY14,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000
The inscription on the present lot was
composed during the Han dynasty by Wang
Bao for Emperor Xuan. It is in essence an
inspirational poem instructing a sage ruler on
the correct means to obtain the services of
virtuous officials.
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A RARE SILVER-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE
19th century
The elegantly potted vessel with a
compressed globular body rising to a gently
flared mouth rim, all covered in an unusual
gun-metal hued glaze.
16.5cm (6 1/2in) high
£500 - 700
CNY4,600 - 6,400
HK$5,500 - 7,700
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