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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品

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A fine blue and white brushpot, bitong
Chongzhen
The straight sides amusingly painted in vivid underglaze blue with a
continuous scene of a chef preparing a meal as one servant stokes the
fire and another brings more water, while the young master rests at a
table dreaming of an image of himself seated in a buffalo-drawn chariot
as a dignitary pays his respects accompanied by a boy with a triple
lantern on a long pole, all set within a landscape of rocks and a river.
23cm (9in) high
£15,000 - 20,000
HK$180,000 - 240,000 CNY140,000 - 190,000
明崇禎 青花黃粱美夢圖筆筒

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