AN UNUSUAL SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL SQUARE BRUSHPOT

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL CLOISONNE ENAMEL SQUARE BRUSHPOT
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With indented corners and raised on four ruyi-head supports, the sides decorated with different landscape scenes, two incorporating figures, including a scholar and his attendant crossing a bridge in one and a fisherman in a boat in the other, the base decorated with a pattern of multicolored florets, the interior in white enamel
4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The shape of this unusual cloisonné enamel brushpot is based on hardwood prototypes such as the jichimu example of 18th century date illustrated by R. P. Piccus, ed., Wood From the Scholar's Table, Chinese Hardwood Carvings and Scholar's Articles, Hong Kong, 1984, pp. 18-9, no. 19. A pair of cloisonné enamel brushpots of this shape, but decorated with lotus ponds and various flowers, dated to the Jiaqing period, was sold in these rooms, 20 March 2001, lot 57.

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