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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
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AN EXTREMELY RARE EARLY-MING RESERVE-
DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH HANDLE
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE WITHIN A RESERVED
RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
The brush handle is of slightly tapering cylindrical form and is
painted with a foliate scroll rising from a band of overlapping petals
and a band of diaper at the closed end. The brush end is painted
with a band of key-frets interrupted by the reign mark in a line
within a rectangular reserve.
The handle 5 in. (14.9 cm.) long, box
HK$3,000,000-5,000,000 US$390,000-640,000
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