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AN IMPERIAL 18 CENTURY IVORY BITONG
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BRUSHPOT WITH THE STORY OF PAN YUE
Ivory, wooden base
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China, 18 century

The thick cylindrical walls superbly carved in different
levels of relief with a continuous scene depicting the
famous Jin Dynasty poet Pan Yue in a cart whilst ladies
and children are throwing fruits at him. The tale says
that Pan Yue was so handsome that wherever he went
he was pelted with fruits as a sign of admiration by the
women who saw him.

Countless ladies are gathered at the palace terrace
and groups of people are on their way to pick fruits or
bring them back in little baskets, with further figures Two 18th century Bitong, the right one also with a Pan Yue motif, at the Metropolitan
overlooking the scene from pavilions and walkways Museum of Art, New York
in the background, all set within a tree-strewn rocky
landscape.

The wooden base bears an old collector’s number
and the inscription (=transcribed) ‘Qianlong’. The fine ⋩ℓᶾ䲨⽉墥尉䈁䫮䫺ȾṢ䈑㓭ḳ㼀ⱛȿ
workmanship and some of the stylistic features found 尉䈁炻㛐⸽⹏
on the present example can be seen in a number of ᷕ⚳炻⋩ℓᶾ䲨
ivory carvings in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated
in Bamboo, Wood and Ivory Carvings, The Complete ⍂⍂䘬⚻㞙⼊䫮䫺堐朊ἧ䓐ᶵ⎴ㇳ㱽㶙㶢ᶵᶨ⛘晽⇣Ḯ㗱㛅叿⎵Ṣ䈑
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong 㼀ⱛ炷⌛㼀⬱炸↢㷠⟜㘗ˤ忁ᾳ㓭ḳ婒㼀崲㗗⤪㬌劙ὲ炻ẍ军㕤Ṿ㭷
Kong, 2002, vol. 44, nos.151, 152 and 156. 㫉↢㷠悥㚫塓⨎⤛⬑䪍“㍟㝄䙰弎”ˤ

Shape: Cylindrical shape 䃉㔠⤛⢓倂普⛐ṕ冢㦻敋⇵奨䚳炻Ṏ㚱⼰⣂Ṣ⍣㑧㯜㝄ㆾ⮯⬫Ᾱ⽆
Dimensions: 16,5 (height with base) 13,2 cm (height 䯫⫸ᷕ⍾↢ˤ⟜㘗堐䎦䔷⭮ᶵᶨ炻㧡㛐䷩努⍰㚱`Ⱉⱑ䞛ἄ䇚⟜㘗㚧
without base), 11,3 cm (diameter at the upper rim) ㎃ˤ
im Chinesischen mit Copy Paste ersetzen durch: 㛐⸽⹏ᶲ⎗夳侩啷⭞㧁䯥ȾQianlongȿ⫿㧋ˤ栆Ụⶍ喅⍲桐㟤䈡⽝⎗
Condition: Good condition with natural patina and age 夳⊿Ṕ㓭⭖⌂䈑昊ᷕ㇨啷䈁晽炻↢䇰Ḷ˪䪡㛐䈁奺晽⇣/㓭⭖⌂䈑昊啷
cracks mainly at the rims and inside, one segment of 㔯䈑䍵⑩ℐ普˫炻楁㷗炻2002⸜炻䫔44Ⅎ炻⚾151, 152炻 156ˤ
lower rim reattached professionally, bottom inset is a
wooden replacement, wooden base misses one foot ⚻㞙橼
Provenance: American private collection ⯢⮠烉16,5 cmġĩ忋⸽⹏檀⹎Īġ檀13,2 cm炻ᶲ怲䶋䚜⼹11,3 cm
⑩䚠列⤥炻冒䃞⊭㻧炻⚈⸜ẋ㇨农Ḧ塪䲳炻ᷣ天⛐怲䶋⍲䫺ℭ炻ᶳ悐
Literature comparison: For an Imperial ivory brush 怲䶋䘬㚱ᶨ㭝㚦䴻忶⮰㤕ᾖ⽑炻䒞⸽㗗ᶨᾳ㛐墥㚧ẋ⑩炻㛐⸽⹏仢ᶨ
pot of comparable quality, slightly taller see Christie’s, 嵛ˤ
Exceptional Chinese Works of Art from an Important 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
European Collection, 30 November 2011, HONG 㔯䌣⍫侫烉⎎ᶨẞ⽉墥栆Ụ岒慷Ữ䦵檀䘬䫮䫺⎗夳Ἓ⢓⼿˪㫸㳚䥩Ṣ
KONG, lot 2902. 䍵啷慵天ᷕ⚳喅埻⑩˫炻2011⸜11㚰30㖍炻楁㷗炻2902嘇㉵⑩ ˤ
⛐䲸䲬⣏悥㚫喅埻⌂䈑棐䘬㓞啷ᷕ㚱ᶨẞ⋩ℓᶾ䲨Ⱦ㼀ⱛṢ䈑㓭ḳȿ
In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 尉䈁䫮䫺炻㓞啷䶐嘇2015.500.6.10. 㬌䫮䫺䓙 䲸䲬Florence ⍲ Herbert
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is an 18 century ivory brushpot depicting the tale of Irving⣓⨎㋸岰炻⍇⃰岤㕤ΐ㔎Spink & Son Ltdˤ
Pan Yue, listed under Acc. Nr. 2015.500.6.10. It was
donated by Florence and Herbert Irving, New York and Estimate EUR 3.000,-
originally acquired at Spink & Son Ltd., London. Starting price EUR 1.500,-

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