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拍品专文
The god of Successful Examinations and Literature, Kuixing is generally depicted standing on a fish, tortoise or dragon, with one hand raised holding a pen and the other holding an ingot. In a reference to the two characters of his name, gui ('ghost'), and dou ('ladle' or 'dipper'), the god is represented as a demon or ghost.
Compare the similar brush pot, also dated Kangxi period, but with the addition of copper red in the decoration, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Seventeenth-Century Blue and White and Copper-Red and Their Predecessors, S. Marchant & Son, London, 1997, no. 55.
Compare the similar brush pot, also dated Kangxi period, but with the addition of copper red in the decoration, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Seventeenth-Century Blue and White and Copper-Red and Their Predecessors, S. Marchant & Son, London, 1997, no. 55.