Lot 303
303
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A LARGE CARVED CELADON-GLAZED CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOT

Details
A LARGE CARVED CELADON-GLAZED CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOT
KANGXI

The sides carved and incised with a bold pattern of lotus scroll, the large blossoms surrounded by a dense ground of small scrolled leaves, all under an attractive glaze of sea-green tone, the mouth rim glazed white and the interior glazed a very pale celadon, the slighlty domed base with three large spur marks on a white-glazed outer border surrounding a wide unglazed ring encircling the glazed, recessed center, small kiln fault to foot rim
10 5/8in. (27cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Examples of brushpots or scroll holders of this large size in this technique and glaze appear to be rare. Compare a smaller brushpot (18.8cm. diam.) decorated with peony, rather than lotus as in the present lot, illustrated in Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Cultural Relics Publishing House, 1993, no. 126