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

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AN ‘INSCRIBED’ BAMBOO BRUSH POT, BITONG
18TH CENTURY

The brush pot is incised to the exterior with a poetic inscription in cursive
script, followed by four characters in seal script and a seal.
4√ in. (12.4 cm.) high

£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.

清十八世紀 竹題詩筆筒

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A GROUP OF FIVE SMALL BAMBOO AND HARDWOOD BRUSH                                     PROVENANCE:
POTS, BITONG
18TH-20TH CENTURY                                                                   Property from a Private Asian Collection, predominantly assembled in the
                                                                                    1980s and 1990s.
The group comprises: a slender cylindrical hardwood brush pot and four
                                                                                    十八至二十世紀 竹雕及硬木小筆筒一組五件
bamboo brush pots; one carved with a cabbage, one with a qilin; one with a

mountainous landscape and one with a calligraphic inscription.

The largest, 4√ in. (12.4 cm.) high                                            (5)

£4,000-6,000                                                    $5,700-8,400
                                                                 €5,100-7,600

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