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186 A BLUE AND WHITE BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED
‘THREE ABUNDANCES’ BOTTLE VASE of cylindrical form, painted with a scholar and deer in a
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD landscape, accompanied by two attendants, one bearing
a basket of lingzhi, the other carrying a bundle of scrolls,
the pear-shaped body rising from a short tapered foot to a tall framed above by a border of ‘cracked ice’ and below by
neck with a slightly everted rim, painted with pomegranate, dabbed washes, the countersunk base with an apocryphal six-
peach, and persimmon symbolizing the ‘Three Abundances’ character Chenghua reign mark, wood stand (2)
evenly spaced around the body, the copper-red fruit red to Height 5 in., 12.7 cm
deep amber tones accented by inky blue stems and leaves
Height 8⅛ in., 20.6 cm PROVENANCE
Santos, London (according to label).
$ 8,000-12,000
$ 3,000-5,000

Santos

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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN.

A BLUE AND WHITE ‘HUNDRED ANTIQUES’
BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

of cylindrical section, painted in inky shades of blue with
scholar’s objects raised on stands, vessels of archaic forms
bearing peacock feathers, coral and roses, auspicious
emblems, and censers, the slightly concave base centered with
a recessed medallion
Height 6 in., 15.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Bonhams London, 14th May 2009, lot 27.

$ 5,000-7,000

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2009 5 14 27

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