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A RARE CARVED 'LANDSCAPE' CELADON- ᪺༒ᶑnjㅬ㤎㕳ט൷᥆͂Ḷॲ⓺┆njՎಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
GLAZED BRUSH POT
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KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1662-1722) 㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ卿 ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
The sturdily potted cylindrical body is finely carved around the ✖✢஋ऑ⏜೅卿ം೅⧜㎈㬪㞏卿ᜡߴᶗ⨨ℒ㞣ᙻᮅ࿆卿ݤ೅ࣿᄓ㑷ᙼ㘲
exterior with a continuous landscape depicting a solitary fisherman ᚺ㞏ǯ᫉㯸㎈㬪㞏ᜡߴ✖✢ទӶഅ㇦卿᫉✖✢ࣽᝧᝳᄮᾭទង᪪卿ᝤἃ
on a riverbank with gracefully shaped large pine trees and thatched Ⅷ⧎ǯ㘆ַ׾जࣻ⩠ᆌ໵፩ݎ⊂⯠⻦Ӭ׾㉼ओྒྷ᭢எ✖✢卿ᐽ㐈ᙻ㲞ᳰ
cottages behind steep cliffs, all covered in a glaze of pale celadon צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
tone. The interior and the countersunk base are covered with a
clear glaze.
6 º in. (15.8 cm.) high, box
HK$900,000-1,200,000 US$120,000-150,000

PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 April 2001, lot 520
It is very rare to find a cylindrical brush holder of this kind in the Kangxi
period with a carved decoration under a single-coloured glaze and
bearing the reign mark. The landscape design was inspired by late-
Ming dynasty paintings popular during this period and aptly applied to
blue and white vessels of this form indicating the popularity of these
scholars’ receptacles. A carved and incised brush pot would have been
much more difficult and time consuming to execute. A similarly carved
celadon-glazed Kangxi-marked brush pot with an additional fourteen-
character poem from the Robert Chang collection was sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 2 November 1999, lot 527.

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