Lot Essay
Previously sold in our New York Rooms, 19 September 1996, lot 294.
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Details
AN IRON-RED DECORATED BRUSHPOT
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The cylindrical sides painted in iron-red and black with some gilt highlights, depicting a gathering of literati at various pursuits, one group playing audience to one of their number playing a qin, while to one side another practices his calligraphy, and on the other side two men play a board game, two other pairs of figures hold conversations near a large ornamental rock on a terrace
6 in. (15.3 cm.) high
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The cylindrical sides painted in iron-red and black with some gilt highlights, depicting a gathering of literati at various pursuits, one group playing audience to one of their number playing a qin, while to one side another practices his calligraphy, and on the other side two men play a board game, two other pairs of figures hold conversations near a large ornamental rock on a terrace
6 in. (15.3 cm.) high
Provenance
The B. F. Edwards Collection