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Lot Essay
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20 November 1985, lot 50.
Wanli-marked blue and white brushrests of this type can be found with five peaks and with three peaks, although those with five peaks appear to be rarer. There are also wucai versions which are more common than the blue and white ones. Examples of blue and white five-peak brushrests include one illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Vol. II, Geneva, 1969, pl. A188; one in the Musée Guimet, illustrated by D. Lion-Goldshmidt, Les Poteries et Porcelaines Chinoises, pl. XVI (E); and another in the Seattle Art Museum, included in the China Institute of America Exhibition of Dragons in Chinese Art, 1972, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 47.
For brushrests with three peaks, see the example illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in The Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, pl. 734, together with a wucai version, pl. 733; and another sold in these Rooms, 31 October 2000, lot 864.
Wanli-marked blue and white brushrests of this type can be found with five peaks and with three peaks, although those with five peaks appear to be rarer. There are also wucai versions which are more common than the blue and white ones. Examples of blue and white five-peak brushrests include one illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Vol. II, Geneva, 1969, pl. A188; one in the Musée Guimet, illustrated by D. Lion-Goldshmidt, Les Poteries et Porcelaines Chinoises, pl. XVI (E); and another in the Seattle Art Museum, included in the China Institute of America Exhibition of Dragons in Chinese Art, 1972, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 47.
For brushrests with three peaks, see the example illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in The Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, pl. 734, together with a wucai version, pl. 733; and another sold in these Rooms, 31 October 2000, lot 864.