Lot Essay
Compare a similarly carved brushpot carved with fish bearing the carved mark, Wenfu Yawan, 'For the refined pleasure of the scholar', sold in these Rooms, 30 May 2005, lot 1386.
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A 'SIMULATED BAMBOO' PORCELAIN BRUSHPOT
DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The brushpot is of cylindrical form, the exterior carved with the Daoist Immortal, Ma Gu, dressed in a voluminous flowing robe, holding a ruyi to her shoulder and looking at a nearby mythical beast with finely carved long mane, seated on its haunch with one paw raised, amidst a pair of bats in flight and wispy clouds, covered with a caramel-yellow enamel to imitate bamboo, further decorated on the mouth rim and foot rims with stippled light-brown enamel to simulate bamboo grain, the interior and base with a transparent glaze, the concave base bearing the incised reign mark
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, box
DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The brushpot is of cylindrical form, the exterior carved with the Daoist Immortal, Ma Gu, dressed in a voluminous flowing robe, holding a ruyi to her shoulder and looking at a nearby mythical beast with finely carved long mane, seated on its haunch with one paw raised, amidst a pair of bats in flight and wispy clouds, covered with a caramel-yellow enamel to imitate bamboo, further decorated on the mouth rim and foot rims with stippled light-brown enamel to simulate bamboo grain, the interior and base with a transparent glaze, the concave base bearing the incised reign mark
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, box