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‘KUI XING’ BRUSHPOT

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period ҳ⎽
of cylindrical form, painted with Kui Xing deftly Marchant⧍侚2005䎃
poised upon the gnarled trunk of a blossoming
prunus tree, the God of Examinations shown
mid-leap twisting at the torso and glancing
back at a set of books ! oating beneath a
celestial constellation, drapery a! utter,
holding a brush aloft in one hand and an ingot
in the other, the budding new growth of the
prunus branch extending around the brushpot
toward the iron-red sun, the slightly convex
base centered with a recessed medallion, coll.
no. 1340.
Height 5⅜ in., 13.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Marchant, London, 2005.
$ 12,000-15,000

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