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The present brushpot with continuous rows of 384 Shou ('longevity') Stylistically, the present brushpot with numerous Shou characters is
characters in different forms of seal script, channelled foot ring and also related to a large blue and white 'ten thousand Shou character'
Imperial reign mark, is extremely rare. There is a closely related zun vase, Kangxi, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The
brushpot with Shou characters in underglaze copper-red, Kangxi, Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and
but supported on three short feet and with no mark on the base, in White Porcelain with Underglaze Red, Shanghai, 2000, pp.8-9, no.5.
the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection Another similar blue and white zun vase with Shou characters, Kangxi,
of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with is in the Nanjing Museum, and illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain
Underglaze Red, Shanghai, 2000, p.182, no.166, where the authors of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Hong Kong, 1995,
note that it was made in the late Kangxi period. Another related blue no.12. See also a blue and white baluster vase, Kangxi, decorated
and white brushpot decorated with Shou characters, Chenghua six- with Shou characters in various seal script, illustrated in Qing Shunzhi
character mark, Kangxi, with flat and slightly recessed 'button' base, Kangxi chao qinghuaci, Beijing, 2005, p.436.
is in the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (acc.
no.2000.0081).

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