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A WUCAI SQUARE BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Xuande four-character mark, second quarter of the 17th century
15cm (5 3/4in) high.

十七世紀上半葉後期 青花五彩花鳥紋方筆筒
青花「宣德年製」楷書款

Provenance:
Alfred Clark (1873-1950) and Ivy Clark (1890-1976), Collection no.248
Sotheby’s London, 24 March 1953, lot 61
R.H.R Palmer (1898-1970), Collection no.668

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
The Royal Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the International Exhibition
of Chinese Art 1935-36, London, 1935, no.1560
The Chinese Art Exhibition, London, 8-28 January 1938
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Polychrome Wares of the Ming and
Manchu Dynasties, London, 1950, no.70

來源：
Alfred Clark（1873-1950）與Ivy Clark（1890-1976）伉儷舊藏，
藏品編號248
倫敦蘇富比，1953年3月24日，拍品編號61
R.H.R Palmer（1898-1970）舊藏，典藏編號668

展覽著錄：
皇家藝術學院，《中國藝術國際展覽會》，倫敦，1935年，
編號1560
中國藝術展，倫敦，1938年1月8-28日
倫敦東方陶瓷學會，《Polychrome Wares of the Ming and Manchu
Dynasties》，倫敦，1950年，編號70

This square brushpot was included in the International Exhibition of The vessel is laden with auspicious meaning and symbolism. One side
Chinese Art held at the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, for example, shows bamboo and orchids with rockwork. The bamboo
London, in 1935-1936. This seminal exhibition had the patronage of and orchid were both symbols of the true Confucian gentleman. The
their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary, and the President orchid was once compared to a virtuous man by the sage Confucius
of the Chinese Republic. It included over 3,000 objects, with for its refinement and subtle scent. Bamboo remained upright
important loans from the Chinese Government, and many worldwide and green even in bad weather and Winter, and symbolised moral
museums and private collections, notably that of Sir Percival David uprightness for the scholar, while its nodes represented moderation.
– a roll call of the greatest collectors of Chinese art in the West in The magnolia symbolised purity and nobility, while camellia also
the 20th century. Indeed, Sir Percival David owned a very similar represents refinement and longevity.
vessel, Xuande four-character mark, Chongzhen, but decorated with
landscapes on the sides, illustrated by R.L.Hobson, A Catalogue of Compare also with a cylindrical brushpot decorated in underglaze
Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David, blue and polychrome enamels with a pheasant on a rock in a similar
London, 1934, pl.CXXV. manner, dated 1650-1660, illustrated in Shunzhi Porcelain: Treasures
from an Unknown Reign, Alexandria, 2002, no.18.

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