Lot Essay
The couplet maybe translated as: "In the shimmering waters, there is a unity of colours; during the long day, the fragrant wind gently blows".
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A HARDSTONE EMBELLISHED HUANGHUALI BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Finely inlaid with mother-of-pearl, stained bone, coral and soapstone, to depict an egret in flight diving towards a companion egret wading through a pond of flowering lotuses and waterweeds, the reverse side with a couplet inlaid with mother-of-pearl followed two seals, Qingshang, 'In Appreciation of Clarity', all between a key-fret band below the mouthrim and a double-groove base (minor replacements)
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
QING DYNASTY, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Finely inlaid with mother-of-pearl, stained bone, coral and soapstone, to depict an egret in flight diving towards a companion egret wading through a pond of flowering lotuses and waterweeds, the reverse side with a couplet inlaid with mother-of-pearl followed two seals, Qingshang, 'In Appreciation of Clarity', all between a key-fret band below the mouthrim and a double-groove base (minor replacements)
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high