Lot Essay
The mark is translated as 'Scholarship high as the mountain and the Great Bear'.
(US$7,000-9,000)
(US$7,000-9,000)
Details
A CARVED CELADON-GLAZED 'DRAGON' BRUSHPOT
KANGXI
Of cylindrical form, the exterior finely carved and incised with three striding chilongs in mutual pursuit on a ground of leafy lingzhi foliage, all between a key-fret meander at the rim and a double-line border at the base, the interior plain, the base with the mark Wenzhang Shandou, 'a weighty composition'
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam., box
KANGXI
Of cylindrical form, the exterior finely carved and incised with three striding chilongs in mutual pursuit on a ground of leafy lingzhi foliage, all between a key-fret meander at the rim and a double-line border at the base, the interior plain, the base with the mark Wenzhang Shandou, 'a weighty composition'
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
The Works of Art Collection of the British Rail Pension Fund, sold in Hong Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 166.
Exhibited
On loan at the Dorchester International Ceramics Fair, London, June 1986.