Lot Essay
Compare the current censer with a similar blue and white brushpot, also from Kangxi reign, decorated with two panels depicting Scholars and two Chinese texts, illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Shanghai 1998, pp.58-59, pl.39.
Also from the Shanghai Museum Collection, see another very similar brushpot decorated with Scholars contempling moonlight, illustrated in the catalogue, Op. Cit., pp.38-39, pl.28.
Also from the Shanghai Museum Collection, see another very similar brushpot decorated with Scholars contempling moonlight, illustrated in the catalogue, Op. Cit., pp.38-39, pl.28.