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310 A FAMILLE-VERTE ⌲Ꮴ⛆ ρᒖ㟞划ృ㾖᪴びみ
‘MAGPIE AND
CHRYSANTHEMUM’
INSCRIBED
BRUSHPOT
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period ҳ⎽
Iver Munthe Daae (1845-1924) 佐询
of slightly waisted cylindrical form, painted
㨗倛暶⚸⢕㡦䖤2002䎃 剢20傈管贫 271
to one side with a colorful magpie perching
Marchant⧍侚2004䎃
atop a twisting scholar’s rock surrounded by
large orbs of chrysanthemum blooms in red,
blue, and black amid leaves, grasses, bamboo,
and pines in assorted greens, a short poetic
inscription $ oats above a green rock at a break
in the vegetal composition, the base centered
with a recessed medallion, coll. no. 1575
Height 5¾ in., 14.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Iver Munthe Daae (1845-1924).
Christie’s Amsterdam, 20th November 2002,
lot 271
Marchant, London, 2004.
The poem inscribed on the brushpot reveals
its relationship to the image only to the erudite
observer. It reads:
With the zun wine vessel in front of us under
the moon we often meet, not venturing to the
eastern hedge in search of fallen blossoms.
[Signed] Zai Mo
$ 20,000-30,000
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