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1. The date of sale to Peter A. B. Widener is documented only A third piece, no. 471, pi. A32i, has a significantly smaller
for 1942.9.484. diameter, 10.4 cm.
2. The entry for 1942.9.504 and 1942.9.505 discusses peach- 7. For example, in the peachbloom brush washers, 1942.9.504
bloom brush washers. Many contemporary Chinese sources and 505.
simply call these objects bi xi (brush washer), rather than the 8. From the Michael Friedsam collection, 32.100.437,
more specific tangluo xi. unpublished.
3. Chait 1957,137. Chait 1957,136, also reproduces an example 9. Ayers 1968-1974, 3: no. 471, pi. A32i, illustrates a similar
of a peachbloom brush washer on an ivory stand with an brush washer, which is described as having been ground off at
ivory cover. the mouth rim.
4. Medley 1973, 2: 52; Valenstein 1989, no. 242, repro.; Lee 1970, 10. The Paul and Helen Bernat Collection of Important Qing
30, no. 44, repro.; Li 1989,153, no. 136, repro.; Sekai tdji zenshu Imperial Porcelain and Works of Art, sale, Sotheby's, Hong Kong,
19/5-1985,15: 36, pis. 28 and 29. 15 November 1988, lots 63 and 64, repro.
5. This darker glaze also occurs on two bottle vases
with Yongzheng marks, 1942.9.485 and 1942.9.486. Interestingly,
Scott 1992, 131, characterizes the Percival David brush washer, REFERENCES
which bears a Kangxi mark, as "possibly Yongzheng." 1947 Christensen: 30 [1942.9.488-489] [repro. p. 33:1942.9.488];
6. Ayers 1968-1974, 3: no. 362, pi. A3i8; no. 220, pi. A320. 1956: 30 [1942.9.488-489] [repro. p. 33, fig. 15; 1942.9.488].

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