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A FINELY CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘IMMORTALS’
BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The cylindrical brushpot is deeply carved around the exterior in various levels of relief and
minute detail with a continuous scene of the Eight Daoist Immortals in a Daoist paradise
comprising pine and wutong trees and mountains, all against a ground consisting of three
different diaper patterns. The interior and the base with black lacquer.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000
PROVENANCE
E&J Frankel Collection, New York, no. 96A
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