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Provenance:                                       On the reverse of the screen is Kui Xing, the God of Examinations
           Sotheby's London (according to S.Marsh, Brushpots: A Collector's   worshipped by scholar-officials and candidates in the Imperial
           View, Hong Kong, 2020, p.28)                      Examinations. For more infomation on Kui Xing see the footnote to Lot
                                                             3 in this catalogue.
           Published and Illustrated:
           S.Marsh, Brushpots: A Collector's View, Hong Kong, 2020, p.29  See a similar blue and white brush stand, Wanli, illustrated by John
                                                             da Silva, 'Three Types of Chinese Brush Stand', Oriental Art, vol.XXIV,
           來源:                                               no.3, autumn 1978, p.327, figs.3-5.
           倫敦蘇富比(據S.Marsh於《Brushpots: A Collector's View》,
           香港,2020,頁28之記述)                                   Compare also with a related blue and white 'Kui Xing' table screen,
                                                             Ming dynasty 16th century, which was sold at Sotheby's London,
           錄著:                                               4 November 2021, lot 347.
           S.Marsh,《Brushpots: A Collector's View》,香港,2020,頁29.

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