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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
女爵藏品
Lots 49 - 51
49 50 Compare with a similar Kangxi brushpot
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS A BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHTEEN formerly in the Sun Yingzhou collection,
Kangxi SCHOLARS’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG illustrated in Sun Yingzhou de taoci shijie,
With gently sloping sides raising to a slightly Kangxi Beijing, 2005, p.161, no.90; and also in
everted rim, painted to the exterior in shades Vibrantly painted with a continuous scene of The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
of cobalt blue with two leafy gnarled branches scholars engaged in various leisurely activities, Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain
borne with prunus and peony blossoms, on a table scholars play a game of chess, with Underglazed Red (III),, Hong Kong, 2009,
issued from reticulated rocks, separated by while others gather to view a hanging scroll p.58, pl.50; for the motif of the eighteen
a pair of magpies in flight, the interior well painted with bamboo, another group sit on scholars see Ibid, p.16, pl.12.
similarly decorated with reticulated rocks the ground and listen to the zither, all within a
issuing flowers and bamboo, with a floral band garden setting with rockwork. 51
to the interior rim, wood stands. 17cm (16 3/4in) high A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ‘FIVE
Each 13.1cm (5 1/8in) diam. (4). MAGPIES’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG
£8,000 - 12,000 Kangxi
£2,000 - 3,000 HK$88,000 - 130,000 With gently spreading foot and flaring neck,
HK$22,000 - 33,000 CNY73,000 - 110,000 painted in underglaze blue to the waisted
CNY18,000 - 28,000 body with five magpies variously in flight or
清康熙 青花登瀛洲圖筆筒 perching on a gnarled cherry branch, issued
清康熙 青花喜鵲花卉圖盌 一對 from craggy rocks beside a leafy bamboo
Provenance: a European private collection stalk, the base inscribed with a four-character
Provenance: a European private collection mark reading ‘Wenzhang Shandou’,
來源：歐洲私人收藏 wood stand.
來源： 歐洲私人收藏 13cm (5 1/8in) high (2).
The eighteen scholars on the brushpot most
likely represent the eighteen scholars of the £3,000 - 5,000
Zhenguan era (AD627-649) who were brought HK$33,000 - 55,000
together under the Tang Emperor Taizong. The CNY28,000 - 46,000
motif became popular as an analogy for the
mutual respect and dependence between the 清康熙 青花喜上眉梢小筆筒
imperium and the scholar-gentry. 青花「文章山斗」楷書款
Provenance: a European private collection
來源： 歐洲私人收藏
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