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A CARVED BISCUIT RECTANGULAR BASIN The fne carving on this rare biscuit basin is comparable to that seen on
DAOGUANG PERIOD (1821-1850) several studio items illustrated by T. Miller and H. Hui, Elegance in Relief:
Carved Porcelain from Jingdezhen of the 19th to Early 20th Century, Art
The basin is raised on four bracket supports, one long side is fnely decorated
Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006, no. 127, a rectangular
in relief with two dragonfies in fight beside a lotus plant and grasses, the
paperweight carved with a branch of peaches; no. 136, a curved brush
other side with blossoming peony and a bird, while the ends are decorated
washer decorated on each side with diferent fowers; and no. 137, a square
with fruiting peach and pomegranate branches.
brush washer with three compartments decorated on the sides with seasonal
13Ω in. (34.1 cm.) long, Japanese wood box fowers. All three are dated Daoguang (1821-1850) to Guangxu (1875-1908).
On p. 286, the authors note that studio items produced during the Daoguang
$6,000-8,000 period are generally “one-of-a-kind items.”
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