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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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF RARE PINK-ENAMELED BRUSHWASHERS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A PAIR OF RARE PINK-ENAMELED BRUSHWASHERS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each compressed body decorated in shaded pink 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
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. (2)
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each compressed body decorated in shaded pink 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
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 21 March 2002, lot 243
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