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A FINE AND VERY RARE IMPERIAL INSCRIBED
YANGCAI SQUARE BRUSH POT
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The brush pot is superbly decorated on each side with a gilt-framed
cartouche, each enclosing an imperial poem in clerical script, each
followed by the seals Qianlong, yuzhi (imperially made), weijing (be
precise) and weiyi (be single-minded) respectively. Each cartouche
is reserved against a pale blue ground further painted in darker blue
with scrolling florettes. The mouth and four tab feet are gilt. The
interior and base are enamelled turquoise.
3 √ in. (9.9 cm.) high, box
HK$3,000,000-5,000,000 US$390,000-640,000
PROVENANCE
The T.T. Tsui Collection (with label on the box)
清乾隆 洋彩御製燕山八景詩方筆筒 六字篆書款
來源
徐展堂珍藏(原裝盒上有典藏標籤)
fig. 1 Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
圖一 國立故宮博物院藏品
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