Lot Essay
A very similar brushwasher from The Edward T. Chow Collection was sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 529.
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PROPERTY OF ANOTHER OWNER
A Pair of Rare Puce-Enameled Brushwashers
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A Pair of Rare Puce-Enameled Brushwashers
Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Each compressed body decorated in shaded puce enamel with two dragons with branching foliate tails grasping lingzhi sprigs in their mouths and claws as they race between narrow borders of petal lappets below and ruyi heads above, with a countersunk base
5in. (12.7cm.) diam. (2)
Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Each compressed body decorated in shaded puce enamel with two dragons with branching foliate tails grasping lingzhi sprigs in their mouths and claws as they race between narrow borders of petal lappets below and ruyi heads above, with a countersunk base
5in. (12.7cm.) diam. (2)