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Compare the similar red lacquer brushpot with the same subject in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Diaoqi, 1985, no. 279
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KANGXI (1662-1722)
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AN UNUSUAL CINNABAR LACQUER BRUSHPOT
Kangxi (1662-1722)
Of broad cylindrical shape, carved around the exterior in high relief through a layer of thick red lacquer to a black wave ground with the Eighteen Luohans variously seated and standing on rocky promontories and engaged in various pursuits, some resotration
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) diam., wood cover
Kangxi (1662-1722)
Of broad cylindrical shape, carved around the exterior in high relief through a layer of thick red lacquer to a black wave ground with the Eighteen Luohans variously seated and standing on rocky promontories and engaged in various pursuits, some resotration
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) diam., wood cover
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