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A RARE CHENXIANGMU BRUSH POT                   Butterfeld’s, San Francisco, 17 November
CARVED WITH PRUNUS                             1994, lot 3158.
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
                                               Two other similar chenxiangmu brush pots
The exterior of the brush pot is fnely carved  carved with prunus and bamboo are illustrated
with prunus and bamboo amidst rocky            in Series of Exceptional Carvings - Selected Ming
outcrops, and is a rich nut-brown in color.    & Qing Wood Carvings, National Museum of
                                               History, Taipei, 2005, pp. 31 and 34-35.
6æ in. (17.1 cm.) diam.                        晚明十七世紀 沉香木雕梅竹紋筆筒

$30,000-50,000

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