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A CELADON, UNDERGLAZE-BLUE
AND COPPER-RED BRUSH REST AND 659 Y
INTERGRATED WATER DROPPER A BLUE AND WHITE ‘MOUNTAIN’ BRUSH
18th century REST
The three-pointed brush rest modelled with a Qianlong
central deer, with a monkey holding a bamboo Each side of the five-peaked rest finely
section to the left, and a bird upon a prunus painted with a deer under a pine tree near a
branch to the right, the item hollow and with rocky outcrop, wood stand. 7.8cm (3in) high
apertures for use as a water dropper. (2).
10cm (4in) wide
£800 - 1,200 £1,000 - 1,500
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000 CNY8,700 - 13,000 HK$9,800 - 15,000

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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘NINE DRAGONS’
BRUSH POT
Chenghua four-character mark, Qing Dynasty
The cylindrical pot well painted with nine
writhing four-clawed dragons amongst flames
and pearls, the base with an apocryphal
mark.
14cm (5 1/2in) high

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000

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