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352 A FAMILLE-VERTE ⌲Ꮴ⛆ ㉍̶ᒖȪ₟ჿ̶ࣸȫびみ
BISCUIT ‘THREE
FRIENDS’ BRUSHPOT

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period ҳ⎽
䊼랫⢕㡦䖤2002䎃11剢26傈管贫98
naturalistically modeled as a circular grove
A J Speelman⧍侚2003䎃
of bamboo, the noded stalks joined by
overlapping leaves forming the rim of the
openwork vessel, a pine tree with a twisting ܧ❵
and bent aubergine-glazed trunk and a prunus Cecile ⿻ Michel BeurdeleyշA Connoisseur’s
tree studded with small white blossoms Guide to Chinese Ceramicsո秣秉1974䎃
emerging from a gnarled aubergine branches 㕬晝124
applied around the exterior complete the
‘Three Friends of Winter’, a yellow-glazed
vertical scholar’s rock separating the trees
on either side, all on a bright emerald-green
ground, the unglazed base impressed with a
chrysanthemum " owerhead within a double
circle, coll. no. 1500.
Height 4⅞ in., 12.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Paris, 26th November 2002, lot 98.
A & J Speelman, London, 2003.
LITERATURE
Cecile and Michel Beurdeley, A Connoisseur’s
Guide to Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1974,
pl. 124.
During the Kangxi period potters revisited
many earlier techniques adapting, adjusting
and ultimately recreating glazes in novel
ways. The sancai glaze of the Tang dynasty
reappeared and, when applied directly to
biscuit, proved particularly well-suited for
! gures and forms with molded, incised
and applied decoration. The technique
was especially popular for producing
scholar’s objects. The present brushpot
exempli! es both the taste for archaism and
naturalism popular among literati at the
time. Simultaneously rustic and re! ned, this
superbly detailed representation of vibrant
green bamboo provided a scholar with a useful
object, replete with auspicious meaning and
an invigorating breath of nature while working
indoors.
Brushpots in this form were also made with
an overall turquoise glaze, for example, a
pair in the collection of Anthony Gustav de
Rothschild, illustrated in Regina Krahl, The
Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese
Ceramics, vol. 2, London, 1996, cat. no. 262.
A related brushpot, but also turquoise-glazed,
from the E. T. Chow Collection sold in our
Hong Kong rooms, 27th May 2014, lot 92.
$ 15,000-25,000

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