Live Auction 2830Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A SET OF THREE RELIEF-DECORATED BISCUIT PORCELAIN DESK OBJECTS
Lot 2279THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A SET OF THREE RELIEF-DECORATED BISCUIT PORCELAIN DESK OBJECTS

19TH CENTURY

Closed21 March 2014

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A SET OF THREE RELIEF-DECORATED BISCUIT PORCELAIN DESK OBJECTS
19TH CENTURY
One is a brush pot applied on one side with two butterflies fluttering amidst blossoming prunus branches, the base incised with an artemisia leaf. The other two are a water pot and a brush washer, both carved with landscapes.
Brush pot 5 in. (13.9 cm.) high; water pot 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high; brush washer 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm.) diam., wood stand, two boxes (3)

Acquired in London, 1970s.

Specialist note

Compare the brush pot to a slightly smaller (13.1 cm. high) example, also with an artemisia leaf incised on the base, illustrated by T. Miller and H. Hui, Elegance in Relief: Carved Porcelain from Jingdezhen of the 19th to Early 20th Centuries, pp. 152-53, where it is dated Daoguang period.