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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION                             PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BROOKS AND
                                                                 DOROTHY COFIELD
A CARVED ROBIN’S EGG GLAZED
BRUSHPOT                                                         A CARVED BISCUIT BRUSHWASHER
LATE QING DYNASTY                                                QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of cylindrical form, the exterior nely carved with a continuous  the circular vessel with straight walls and a broad at rim,
scene of lakeside pavilions amid trees and mountains, a lone     the exterior carved in layers of relief with scholars travelling
                                                                 through a mountain and river landscape, the base carved with
 sherman rowing a ski as birds y in formation overhead, the      an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, wood stand (2)
underside of the foot ring unglazed, the recessed base carved    Diameter 4⅜ in., 11.1 cm
with a seal reading Wang Bingrong zuo
Height 5⅜ in., 13.8 cm                                           $ 2,000-3,000

$ 3,000-5,000                                                    㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䳈偶晽䒟Ⱉ㯜Ṣ䈑⚾㲿
                                                                 ˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫ầ㫦
㶭㛓ġġġ䆸懆慱晽䒟Ⱉ㯜⚾䫮䫺
˪䌳䁛㥖ἄ˫㫦

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                                                                 A BAMBOO ‘SEVEN SAGES’ BRUSHPOT
                                                                 QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

                                                                 of cylindrical form, carved in layers of relief with the ‘seven
                                                                 sages’ in a grove of towering bamboo, the gures seated
                                                                 in and near a small pavilion enjoying the scholarly pursuits,
                                                                 accompanied by an attendant and a deer with lingzhi seated
                                                                 beneath a pine
                                                                 Height 7¼ in., 18.4 cm

                                                                 $ 1,000-1,500

                                                                 㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䪡晽䪡㜿ᶫ岊⚾䫮䫺

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