17TH/18TH CENTURY
Details
A HUANGHUALI BRUSHPOT, BITONG
17th/18th Century
Of slightly waisted cylindrical form, gently tapering outward toward the wide mouth, the grain strikingly figured with irregular whorls and mutiple knotted "eyes", the base tightly fitted with a hongmu plug
7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) high, 7½in. (19.3cm.) diam.
17th/18th Century
Of slightly waisted cylindrical form, gently tapering outward toward the wide mouth, the grain strikingly figured with irregular whorls and mutiple knotted "eyes", the base tightly fitted with a hongmu plug
7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) high, 7½in. (19.3cm.) diam.
Literature
Robert P. Piccus, ed. Wood From the Scholar's Table, Chinese Hardwood Carvings and Scholar's Articles, Hong Kong, 1984, pp. 24-25 and cover