CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A CELADON-GLAZED CARVED BRUSH POT
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The sides well carved with three horned chilong with long undulating bodies and incised manes striding against a background of dense peony scroll between narrow borders of incised classic scroll at the rims, all under a glaze of soft sea-green color in contrast to the white rim and the pale blue tint of the transparent glaze on the interior, and in the countersunk center of the unglazed base
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diameter

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Oosterse Schatten: 4000 Jaar Aziatische Kunst, 1954, no. 311.

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Lot Essay

A similarly decorated Kangxi brush pot from the collection of the Oriental Ceramic Society was included in the exhibition, Oriental Green Wares: Pottery and Porcelain from the Near and Far East, British Museum, 3 May - 13 July 1997, TOCS, vol. 60, 1995-1996, p. 131, no. 43. See, also, the example with chevron band below the rim illustrated by R. Krahl, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, London, 1996, no. 143.

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