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A very similar brush in the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in Brush handles were made out of porcelain for the court since
Zhongguo taoci quanji [Complete series on Chinese ceramics], the early 15th century. The form of the present brush, with
vol. 15, Shanghai, 2000, pl.51. its bulbous mouth, seems to originate in late Ming dynasty
brush handles, compare two brushes in the National Palace
This brush ranks among the finest produced in Jingdezhen
Museum, Taipei, one blue and white porcelain, the other inlaid
for the court during the reign of Qianlong. Porcelain brush
lacquer, illustrated in Bunbo Jyuei, op. cit., 1992, cat. nos 69
handles were rare as opposed to brush handles made out of
and 70. See also a wucai brush handle illustrated in Regina
jade, bamboo, wood or cloisonne. Compare another Qianlong
Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. II,
porcelain famille-rose brush in the National Palace Museum,
London, 1995, pl. 708, and sold in these rooms, 5th October
Taiwan, which is similar in size, but decorated with the ‘Eight
2011, lot 38.
Precious Emblems’ and with a faux-bois tip, illustrated in
Bunbo Jyuei, Dohbohsha, Kyoto, 1992, cat. no. 72.

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