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1114 PROVENANCE
A HUANGHUALI BURL-FORM BRUSH POT Ralph M. Chait, New York, 1983.
17TH CENTURY
LITERATURE
The thick sides of the brush pot are carved in
imitation of burl root, and are of rich honey- S. Little, Spirit Stones of China, the Ian and
brown color and with an attractive grain. Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese Stones,
The slightly concave base lacks its plug. Paintings, and Related Scholars’ Objects,
Chicago, 1999, no. 59.
10º in. (26 cm.) diam.
Compare with a similar example from the
$20,000-30,000 collection of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Piccus, illustrated
in Wood from the Scholar’s Table, Hong Kong,
1984, p. 65, cat. no. 30.
明末清初 黃花梨樹癭式筆筒
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