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Kangxi Porcelain – A Private Collection
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 125

AN UNDERGLAZE -BLUE, COPPE R-RED, AND CELADON- GLAZED 'LANDSCAPE' BRUSHPOT, KANGXI
MARK AND PE RIOD
Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 USD

AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE, COPPER-RED, AND CELADON-GLAZED 'LANDSCAPE' BRUSHPOT
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
清康熙 釉裏三彩孤帆獨釣圖筆筒 《大清康熙年製》款

of cylindrical form, the exterior with a continuous landscape painted in underglaze blue and copper red, depicting a thatched-
roof lakeside pavilion nestled below pine trees, a fisherman boating off-shore plying the calm water set among celadon-
glazed, carved slip-decorated rockwork and rolling hills, the countersunk base partially white-glazed and inscribed with an six-
character mark in underglaze blue

Diameter 7 in., 17.8 cm

Exhibition
Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Art Gallery, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 151.

展覽
《求知雅集珍藏•中國古陶瓷展》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，1981年，編號151

Catalogue Note
The potter’s ability to successfully fire underglaze blue, copper red and celadon on this brushpot is an exceptional achievement.
The design was carved and incised into the body which served both an aesthetic and technical purpose to prevent the pigments

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