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Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich
Hausmann
Hong Kong | 08 Oct 2014, 11:45 AM | HK0558

LOT 3312

A BRONZE OPENWORK 'MOUNTAIN' BRUSHREST
MING DYNASTY, JIAJING / WANLI PERIOD

exquisitely cast and conceived as a miniature landscape arranged on a rectangular tray,
the attractive and elegant openwork brushrest cast with three pinnacles with three egrets
standing against a background of verdant vegetation and large lotus blooms, a further
egret soaring downwards above with outstretched wings, all resting on six ruyi feet, the
patinated surface of a dark coppery-brown tone
15.7 cm., 6 1/8 in.

ESTIMATE 100,000-150,000 HKD
Lot Sold: 475,000 HKD

PROVENANCE

Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, May 1984.

CATALOGUE NOTE

This rare openwork brushrest is cast in the lost wax process in the overall shape of a three-peaked mountain. Another
example is in the British Museum, cast with five peaks and equestrians, registration number 1986,0412.1. The form is
found in porcelain in the Jiajing and Wanli reigns. For a Wanli reign-marked example sold at auction, see the example
sold in these rooms, 20th November 1985, lot 50. For a brushrest of similar three peaked form, see the example
illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in The Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, pl. 734.
For a five-peaked mountain brushrest in jade, see the example from the collection of The Earl and Countess of
Jersey, sold in our London rooms, 12th December 1989, lot 161 and again 16th May 2012, lot 22.