A FINE AND RARE PEACH-SHAPED RU-TYPE BRUSHWASHER, XI

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. JAMES ALSDORF

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A FINE AND RARE PEACH-SHAPED RU-TYPE BRUSHWASHER, XI
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The shallow vessel shaped as a large peach on a leafy, fruit-laden stem forming a handle at one end, covered overall with a pale bluish glaze suffused with a fine network of pale amber crackle, four spur marks on the base showing the dark grey body--9 7/8in. (25.1cm.) long, stand and box

Exhibited

Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf, September 21-November 13, 1970, no. c70.

Lot Essay

A very similar example is illustrated in Qing Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong from the Palace Museum Collection, 1989, pl. 129. A smaller brushwasher of this form, also with Qianlong seal mark, is illustrated by Ayers, Baur Collection, Catalogue, vol. III, no. A339.

Cf. also the similar example of the same size from the J.M. Hu Collection sold in New York, 4 June 1985, lot 58

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