Lot Essay
A related lobed seal paste box of Qianlong date in the Percival David Foundation is illustrated by S. Pierson with A. Barnes in A Collector's Vision: Ceramics for the Qianlong Emperor, London, 2002, p. 62, no. 52. The decoration and seal mark on this box are very similar to the decoration on the present brush pot, and it is possible that these two items may have come from the same set.