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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
1230
A SMALL CARVED RED LACQUER BRUSH POT, BITONG
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The brush pot is carved with a continuous scene of two scholars seated in a boat under an awning with
two attendants, the one in the bow fanning the fre under a wine pot, while the boatman in the stern poles
the vessel through the river amidst grass, rocks and trees in the background, all above a slightly rounded
band of petal lappets near the foot and below a band of key fret on the fat rim. The interior is lacquered in
black and the base in brown.
4¿ in. (10.5 cm.) high, cloth box
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 19 March 2008, lot 349.
清十八/十九世紀 剔紅通景渡江圖小筆筒
(two views )
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