POT A PINCEAUX EN LAQUE ROUGE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE

Details

POT A PINCEAUX EN LAQUE ROUGE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
The cylindrical brush pot is raised on three bracket feet. The exterior is carved in high and low relief with a continuous scene of the Seven Sages at various pursuits, one playing a qin, one standing in contemplation, one making his way to join a group of two in conversation, all within an elaborate terraced garden amidst trees and rockwork. The interior is lacquered in black with wood rim and base.
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

Provenance

Spink & Son, Ltd. London.
A European private collection.

Further details

A FINELY CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BRUSH POT
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

An almost identical brush pot to the present example was sold at Sotheby's Melbourne, 27 October 2009, lot 129. A number of carved cinnabar lacquer brush pots of similar subject and form are published, two of them feature the theme of calligrapher Wang Xizhi observing geese, one with a Qianlong reign mark in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Qiqi Quanji, vol. 6, Fuzhou, 1993, pl. 238 and The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 36, and the other with a Jiaqing reign mark in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colors: Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, pl. 149.

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