A LARGE HARDSTONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL EMBELLISHED ZITAN BRUSH POT
A LARGE HARDSTONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL EMBELLISHED ZITAN BRUSH POT
A LARGE HARDSTONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL EMBELLISHED ZITAN BRUSH POT
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A LARGE HARDSTONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL EMBELLISHED ZITAN BRUSH POT

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A LARGE HARDSTONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL EMBELLISHED ZITAN BRUSH POT
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
9 1⁄4 in. (23.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3310

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Lot Essay

The present brush pot is of cylindrical form, the exterior inlaid with two birds perched on a prunus branch, finely decorated with various hardstones, mother-of-pearl and coral.

An embellished brushpot of similar size is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, recorded in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Small Refined Articles of the Study, Hong Kong, 2009, p.68, pl.44.

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