A HUANGHUALI TREE TRUNK-FORM BRUSH POT

18TH CENTURY

Details

A HUANGHUALI TREE TRUNK-FORM BRUSH POT
18TH CENTURY
The brush pot is carved from one section of huanghuali in the form of a tree trunk, with dramatic knots and burls.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Property from the Lai Family Collection.

Lot Essay

A zitan brush pot of larger size (26 cm. high), also carved as a gnarled tree trunk, was sold at Christie's New York, 18 September 2014, lot 1070. Compare, also, a nanmu example in the Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, sold at Christie's New York, 18 March, 2015, lot 127, where it is dated to the 18th century.

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