A PEACHBLOOM BRUSHWASHER

PROPERTY FROM A FAR EASTERN FAMILY COLLECTION

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A PEACHBLOOM BRUSHWASHER
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Of compressed circular form, supported on a shallow tapering foot, the rounded sides covered with a mushroom-pink glaze draining to a deep rich pink at the base and around the incurved rim, the sides suffused with areas of pale green with bright green flecking, the interior and the base glazed white (hairline cracks and rim chip)--4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) diam., stand

Lot Essay

Cf. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, pl. 138, no. 6 for a similar brushwasher in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Koyama, Chinese Ceramics, One Hundred Selected Masterpieces, pl. 108, top; another in the Percival David Foundation, Catalogue, section 6, no. B852; the Baur Collection, Catalogue, vol. 3, col. pl. A306 and A309; and Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, vol. 1, pl. 129

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