Lot Essay
Compare two other plain ivory brushpots included in the exhibition, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, The British Museum, 24 May - 19 August 1984, p. 149, nos. 170 and 171.
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16TH/17TH CENTURY
Details
A Slender Ivory Brushpot
16th/17th Century
With thick sides and very subtly waisted profile
5in. (13.3cm.) high
16th/17th Century
With thick sides and very subtly waisted profile
5in. (13.3cm.) high
Exhibited
London, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., Documentary Chinese Works of Art, In Scholars' Taste, 1983, p.129, no. 76.