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A VERY RARE CARVED BISCUIT PORCELAIN BRUSHPOT,
BITONG
Daoguang seal mark and of the period
Of cylindrical form, intricately and deftly carved around the body in
various levels of relief with a scholar and attendant gazing at a flock of
three sheep within a mountainous riverscape, the scholar holding a ruyi
sceptre and the attendant bearing a staff, all within a setting of rocky
outcrops, pine and wutong trees, strewn with pavilions, the other side
with an inscription in regular script, wood stand.
13cm (5in) high (2).
HK$400,000 - 600,000
US$52,000 - 77,000
清道光 素胎白瓷「叱石成羊」圖筆筒 「大清道光年製」篆書款
Provenance 來源:
S.Marchant & Son, London, circa 1960
Sydney L. Moss private collection
倫敦古董商S.Marchant and Son Ltd，約1960年
Sydney L. Moss私人收藏
The inscription reads:
時在仲夏寫於昌江珠山客次書為叱石成羊圖
which may be translated as:
'written in mid-summer while being a guest at Zhushan in Changjiang,
inscribed for the painting entitled 'Chi shi cheng yang tu' (Turning the
Stones into Goats by Shouting)'

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