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illustrated in Gongting zhi ya. Qingdai fanggu ji huayi yuqi tezhan 䞛⭌啷㚠˫炻䶐嘇ĶĶ炻⯢⮠庫⮷炻⎎ᶨἳ䶐嘇Ķķ炻
tulu/The ReÞ ned Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of ⯢⮠庫⣏炻⇣∫䪡㹒ℕ忠炷㛶䘥ˣ⫼ⶊ䇞ˣ杻㸾ˣ
Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing Court, National Palace
Museum, Taipei, 1997, cat. no. 58, together with two related 墜㓧ˣ⻝⍼㖶ˣ昞㰼炻晙⯭䪡㹒炻㗪Ṣ䧙䪡㹒ℕ
examples without feet, no. 55 of smaller size, and no. 56 of 忠炸ˤ
somewhat larger size.
⎎㭼ᶨ䡏䌱䫮䫺ἳ炻⇣䚠役Ṣ䈑⚾炻↢冒ņįġōįġ
A spinach-green jade brushpot with a related Þ gure scene,
őŢŨŦŵĭġŔŪųġŋįġŃŶŤũŢůŢůĮŋŢųťŪůŦĭġŔŪųġŃŦųůŢųťġņŤŬŴŵŦŪů
from the collections of E. L. Paget, Sir J. Buchanan-Jardine,
Sir Bernard Eckstein and Sir Jonathan Woolf was included in ⍲ẵ⣓䇝⢓㓞啷炻㚦⯽㕤˪ẵ⣓㓞啷ᷕ⚳䌱☐˫
the exhibition The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jade, Sotheby’s, 炻ΐ㔎喯⭴㭼炻ijıIJĴ⸜炻䶐嘇ĵĶ烊⎎ᶨἳ㚦Ⱄ㖶⯤
London, 2013, cat. no. 45; and an example formerly in The
喯忼伶埻⌂䈑棐㓞啷炻俾ᾅ伭炻㖶⯤喯忼炻⚾庱
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota, is illustrated in
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and 㕤˪ńũŪůŦŴŦġŋŢťŦŴġŧųŰŮġŵũŦġńŰŭŭŦŤŵŪŰůŴġŰŧġłŭŢůġŢůťġ
Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 113. ŔŪŮŰůŦġʼnŢųŵŮŢů˫炻楁㷗炻IJĺĺķ⸜炻䶐嘇IJIJĴˤ
Compare also a spinach-green ‘Five Old Men of Suiyang’ brush
pot, from the collection of A. Knight, sold at Christie’s London, ⎎㭼ᶨ䫮䫺ἳ炻⇣晶春Ḽ侩⚾炻↢冒łįġŌůŪŨũŵ㓞
21st March 1966, lot 152, and again in our Paris rooms, 22nd 啷炻ⓖ㕤ΐ㔎Ἓ⢓⼿IJĺķķ⸜Ĵ㚰ijIJ㖍炻䶐嘇IJĶij炻⼴
June 2017, lot 9; and a ‘Wulao tu’ brush pot from the collection of
㖻ㇳ㕤⶜湶喯⭴㭼ijıIJĸ⸜ķ㚰ijij㖍炻䶐嘇ĺ烊⎎㭼ᶨ
Robert Napier, First Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), sold
in our London rooms, 7th November 2018, lot 19. Ḽ侩⚾ἳ炻↢冒楔㟤忼㉱䓟䇝ᶨᶾ伭ỗ䈡Ƹℏ䙖䇦
炷IJĹIJıĮIJĹĺı⸜炸㓞啷炻ⓖ㕤ΐ㔎喯⭴㭼ijıIJĹ⸜IJIJ㚰
The present brush pot was formerly in one of the most important
collections of Chinese art ever formed. ĸ㖍炻䶐嘇IJĺˤ
Alfred Morrison was an eclectic collector of European art, 㛔⑩Ἦ㸸⯌䁢栗崓ˤ刦⺿䐆ɀ卓慴㢖㓞啷㫸㳚喅
autographs and manuscripts. In the late 1850s, Morrison started
to collect Chinese art and purchased many pieces from Lord 埻⍲䍵屜ㇳ䧧炻⑩␛䌐⇘ˤIJĹĶı⸜ẋ炻卓慴㢖攳⥳
Loch of Drylaw (1827-1900) and from the dealer Henry Durlacher 㓞啷ᷕ⚳喅埻⑩炻冒㳃崓䇝⢓炷IJĹijĸĮIJĺıı⸜炸⍲喅
(act. ca. 1843). Morrison’s country house at Fonthill near Tisbury 埻⓮ʼnŦůųźġŅŶųŭŢŤũŦų炷㳣帵㕤IJĹĵĴ⸜炸嗽岤ℍ⣂ẞ
in Wiltshire, was known to contain thousands of works of art.
The present brushpot was among the artworks that were cleared 䍵⑩ˤ卓慴㢖䘬悱攻⇍⠭㓦Ⱉ⯭ỵ㕤劙⚳⦩䇦䈡
from Fonthill House by order of Alfred Morrison’s grandson, John 悉吪㕗ỗ慴炻ẍ㓞啷㔠⋫ẞ喅埻⑩倆⎵ˤ刦⺿䐆
Morrison (1906-1996), First Baron Margadale of Isley, who sold ᷳ⬓䲬侘ɀ卓慴㢖炷IJĺıķĮIJĺĺķ⸜炸㚦⮯ᶨ㈡喅埻
the brushpot at Christie’s London, 9th July 1980.
⑩䦣暊㓦Ⱉ⯭炻㛔⑩㬋Ⱄ℞ᷕ炻⼴㕤IJĺĹı⸜ĸ㚰ĺ
㖍ⓖ㕤ΐ㔎Ἓ⢓⼿ˤ

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