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AN INSCRIBED UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND
COPPER-RED BRUSHPOT

MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI

清康熙 青花釉裏紅「聖主得賢臣頌」筆筒
《大清康熙年製》款 「熙朝傳古」印

of cylindrical form, inscribed in underglaze blue with the text 來源：
of the Sheng zhu de xian chen song `Ode to the Finding of 香港蘇富比1982年11月8日，編號170
Virtuous Officials by the Divine Ruler’ in kaishu script, finished
with a copper-red seal reading Xi chao chuan gu, the base with
a recessed circle in the centre inscribed with a six-character
reign mark
d. 19.2 cm, 7⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th November 1982, lot 170.

HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,000-89,500

The passage inscribed on this brushpot is Sheng zhu de xian
chen song written by Wan Tie Xiao, praising the Emperor who
has the assistance of excellent ministers. The seal reads Xi
chao chuan gu (‘antique to be handed down from our glorious
dynasty’). Reference is made in Yinliuzhai shou ci [Remarks
on porcelain from the Studio of a Wine Lover] to this type of
brushpots.
Similar Kangxi marked brushpots with the same inscription
and seals include one sold in these rooms, 28th November
1978, lot 269, and later included in Exhibition of Ancient
Chinese Ceramics, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 112, and another, also
sold in these rooms, 2nd May 2000, lot 577.

Mark