Lot Essay
Compare two other plain ivory brushpots illustrated in the catalogue of 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
5¼in. (13.3cm.) high
16th/17th century
With thick sides and very subtly waisted profile
5¼in. (13.3cm.) high
Exhibited
London, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., Documentary Chinese Works of Art, In Scholars' Taste, 1983, p. 129, no. 76.
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