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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A FINE AND RARE INSCRIBED AND DATED BLUE AND WHITE
BRUSHPOT WITH POEM
Yuqingtang zhi Mark, Kangxi
Of cylindrical shape, stoutly potted, the exterior inscribed with the preface
Song Meng Dongye Xu (Farewell to Meng Dongye), followed by an
inscription dated dingmao year corresponding to 1687, signed Zhongling
shanzi and a seal Baidi shanzi, the base centered with a recessed circle
enclosing a four-character hall mark Yuqingtang zhi (Hall of Abundant
Blessings), all in underglaze blue.
6 7/8in (17.5cm) diameter; 5 1/2in (14cm) high
$70,000 - 90,000

清康熙 青花「送孟東野序」筆筒 《餘慶堂製》款

Provenance:
Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 2019, lot 512

來源：
蘇富比紐約，2019年3月20日，拍品編號512

Born in Nanyang in modern-day Henan, Han Yu (768-824) is one of the
better-known poets of the Tang Dynasty. He advocated a change from
the prevailing ‘parallel prose’ style of his day in favor of a more organic
prose structure. He is best remembered for condemning aspects of
Buddhism and Taoism that conflicted with Confucian values in his Jian
ying Fogu biao for which he was exiled to Chaozhou in the south. His
best known poems include Nanshan shi (Southern Mountains) and
Qiu huai (Autumn Meditations). Amongst, his prose works his preface
to Meng Dongye’s farewell, Song Meng Dongye Xu, which we find
beautifully inscribed around our brushpot, is an exploration of the
tradition of poetry.

Qingyutang (Hall of Abundant Blessings) as a hall name designation
appears to have been a popular one and it appears on ceramics from the
Kangxi era through the Republic period. In this example it probably refers
to a private hall (whereabouts unknown) from the Kangxi reign (1662-
1722) for which this brushpot was destined.

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