Lot 304
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A FINELY PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE BRUSHPOT, BITONG
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A FINELY PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE BRUSHPOT, BITONG

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CA. 1640

Details
A FINELY PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Transitional period, ca. 1640
The very slightly waisted sides vividly painted in brilliant tones of underglaze blue with an elaborate continuous scene of a procession of armed dignitaries and officials approaching a scholar prince seated languidly against a rail contemplating fish swimming in the lake of a mountain palace retreat, the scene set between lightly incised bands of floral scroll at the mouth rim and stylized waves at the base
7 3/8in. (18.5cm.) high
Provenance
Max Robertson Collection, A-168-G.
Christie's, New York, 2 December 1982, lot 454.

Lot Essay

Compare the blue and white brushpot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with very similar decoration, and possibly by the same hand, illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, rev. ed. 1989, col. pl. 30.

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