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PROPERTY FROM THE BLAIR CHARITABLE TRUST, REMOVED
FROM BLAIR CASTLE, BLAIR ATHOLL, SCOTLAND

View of Blair Castle
Photo credit: Paul Barker and Stephen Farthing/Atholl Estates
蘇格蘭布萊爾城堡

Blair Castle, Blair Atholl is the seat of the earls and dukes of Atholl, PROVENANCE:
an historic Scottish family whose noble title dates back to the mid-
15th century when John Stewart (c. 1440-1512) was created 1st Earl From the Blair Charitable Trust, removed from Blair Castle, Blair Atholl,
of Atholl circa 1457. In 1703 Queen Anne bestowed the title of Duke Scotland.
of Atholl upon John Murray, 2nd Marquess of Atholl, whom she
had appointed to the prestigious role of Keeper of the Privy Seal in The dragons depicted on this brush rest form three tall peaks, shaping the
Scotland the previous year. Building began on the oldest part of the Chinese character for ‘mountain’. This type of three-peaked wucai-enamelled
castle, Comyn’s Tower, in 1259, which still stands to this day. brush rest, designed for the scholar’s table, is rare to fnd. One such example
displaying the same crescent section and colour combination from the Tsui
布萊爾城堡為蘇格蘭亞佛爾王室伯爵及公爵家族的居 Art Foundation was exhibited by the Min Chiu Society of Hong Kong, Joined
所。 此家族的歷史可追溯到十五世紀中期。1457年，約 Colors, Special Exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian
翰‧斯圖爾特（約1440-1512年） 被封為第一任亞佛爾伯 Institution, Washington D. C., 31 January-28 November 1993, illustrated in
爵。約翰‧默利於1702年獲委任蘇格蘭掌璽大臣，並於 the Catalogue, no. 35, and subsequently sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, The
1703年被安妮皇后封為亞佛爾公爵。城堡最古老的科明 Jingguantang Collection, 3 November 1996, lot 574. Another example is
塔建於1259 年，至今仍然矗立。 illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London,
2001, pl. 11:155. Also compare the present lot to a very similar Wanli mark and
194 period brush rest from the Manno Art Museum, which was sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 536.
A RARE WUCAI ‘DRAGON’ BRUSH REST
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WITHIN A 來源: 布萊爾慈善基金；蘇格蘭亞佛爾萊爾城堡
DOUBLE-RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
(mark)
明萬曆 五彩三龍紋筆山 雙框六字楷書款

The brush rest is of crescent section, moulded with three fve-clawed dragons
encircled by stylised cloud scrolls above rocks and waves.

6æ in. (17.1 cm.) wide

£15,000-25,000 $23,000-38,000
€21,000-34,000

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