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TWO FINE IVORY BRUSHPOTS, BITONG
16th/17th century
The first carved in relief with a bird and butterflies in a flowering garden
of blossoming prunus, magnolia and lingzhi issuing from rockwork;
the second carved with sinuous chilong encircling the body amongst
jagged, pierced rockwork and lingzhi, wood stands.
13.7cm (5.3/8in) and 12.7cm (5in) high. (4).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000

Provenance
A Uruguayan Private Collection.

The first: compare a Ming ivory brushpot with birds amongst
blossoming trees in the Ashmolean Museum, Victor Sassoon Ivories
Trust, Accession no. LI1079.1. Also compare an ivory brushpot sold in
our New Bond Street rooms, 7 November 2013, lot 217.

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