QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF CORAL-RED-GLAZED BRUSHWASHERS
Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Each shallow vessel of irregular form molded in high relief on the sides with branches of coral and raised on five shallow rounded supports, covered overall with an iron-red glaze imitating coral
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long, wood stands, box (2)

Provenance

Edward T. Chow Collection, no. 6333.

Lot Essay

An almost identical brushwasher is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 265, no. 951 and a slightly larger example with gilded rim is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in The Baur Collection, vol. 2, 1999, p. 140, pl. 248.

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