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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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