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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IMPERIAL INSCRIBED TWO-
COLOUR CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Expertly carved around the exterior in relief with an Imperial poem in
kaishu script titled Xiao yuan xian yong wu shou (‘Five verses from the
small leisure orchard’) in red, on a black square diaper-pattern ground,
the rounded rim carved with a zigzag floral design, all supported on a
Lot 66 (invoice) stepped base decorated with black floral honeycomb diaper-ground,
raised on five ruyi-shaped carved red lacquer framed feet, the interior
and base black lacquered.
12.2cm (4 3/4in) high.
£120,000 - 150,000
CNY1,100,000 - 1,300,000

清乾隆 御製剔紅「小園閒詠五首」御題詩筆筒
「乾隆御製」款 「乾」「隆」印

Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London
Mrs G. N. Parry (1923-2013), London, acquired from the above on
29 April 1961, and thence by descent

來源：
倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
倫敦G. N. Parry夫人（1923-2013）舊藏，於1961年4月29日購自上
者，並由後人保存迄今

Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing

Finely carved lacquer brushpots with Imperial poems carved in elegant Only one other very similar example appears to have been sold at
kaishu script, such as the present example, are very rare, but two auction. Compare with a carved cinnabar lacquer brushpot, with the
examples from the Qing Court Collection, in the Palace Museum, same poem, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, but with a red
Beijing have been published. The first brushpot, nearly identical to colour foot and no key-fret border, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong
the present lot, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures Kong, 10 April 2006, lot 1526.
of the Palace Museum: Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong
Kong, 2006, pl.32. The second example is illustrated in 200 Objects All the brushpots mentioned above have subtle variations in their design.
You Should Know: Carved Lacquer Ware, Beijing, 2008, pl.162. A It has been suggested that these differences are due to having been
third example, a closely-related but slightly smaller carved two-colour produced over a period of time; see S.Marsh, ibid., p.80. However, only
lacquer brushpot with the same poem, Qianlong seal mark and period, the present lot has the exquisite carving on the mouth rim of a zigzag
is illustrated by S.Marsh, Brushpots: A Collector’s View, Barcelona, diaper-pattern, while sharing with one of the two Beijing Palace Museum
2020, p.80. brushpots the same colour and shaped foot.

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