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FOUR HUANGHUALI BRUSHPOTS, BITONG
18th Century
One tapering very slightly to a beaded foot rim; one sketchily carved with a duck in flight peering down at its mate standing beneath graceful grasses, an inscription, Han ting luo yan, Wu zi chun ri and two seals, both reading Luo Ping, carved, possibly later, on the reverse; the third carved in relief with the 'Three Friends' growing from rocks, and with the inscription, Sui han san you, to one side; the smallest with beaded mouth and foot rim, the latter outlining the shape of the three shallow integral supports
6, 6.5/8. 5.7/8 and 5.5/8in. (16.5, 16.8, 14.9 and 14.3cm.)
high (4)
