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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION, PREDOMINANTLY ASSEMBLED
                                           IN THE 1980S AND 1990S

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                                                                                    A BAMBOO BRUSH POT AND A GOURD BRUSH
                                                                                    POT, BITONG
                                                                                    19TH-20TH CENTURY

                                                                                    The bamboo brush pot is carved with fgures beside a pavilion

                                                                                    in a mountainous landscape, applied with later hongmu

                                                                                    mounts. The gourd brush pot is of cylindrical form and

                                                                                    carved with a lone fgure on a bridge beside a large pine tree,

                                                                                    surrounded by a mountainous landscape, with a Daoguang

                                                                                    mark to the base.

                                                                                    The largest, 4æ in. (12.2 cm.) high                             (2)

                                                                                    £3,000-5,000                         $4,300-7,000
                                                                                                                         €3,800-6,300

                                                                                    PROVENANCE:

                                                                                    Property from a Private Asian Collection, predominantly
                                                                                    assembled in the 1980s and 1990s.

                                                                                    十九/二十世紀
                                                                                    竹雕筆筒及葫蘆雕筆筒一組兩件

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A GROUP OF THREE BAMBOO BRUSH POTS, BITONG                                            PROVENANCE:
19TH CENTURY
                                                                                     Property of a Private Asian Collection, predominantly assembled in the 1980s
The group comprises: a brush pot carved with scholars drinking wine under            and 1990s.

a pine tree; a reticulated brush pot carved with a scholar and attendants            清十九世紀 竹雕筆筒一組三件

beside a pine tree and crane in fight; and a brush pot carved in low relief with a

mountainous landscape.

The largest, 5√ in. (15 cm.) high                                          (3)

£3,000-5,000                            $4,300-7,000
                                        €3,800-6,300

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