QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details

A SMALL FAMILLE ROSE AND GILT-DECORATED SQUARE BRUSH POT
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The brush pot is decorated on each side with a scene depicting a scholar, variously shown in landscapes with an attendant, dancing in a garden or at his desk. Each scene is surrounded by an underglaze blue scrolling border highlighted with gold, and the interior and underside are covered with turquoise enamel.
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Collection of Sylviane de Rouchechouart de Mortemart (1940-2002) and Comte Charles Edouard de Bruce (1933-2015).

Lot Essay

A related square brush pot with landscapes surrounded by foliate scrolls, also with a Qianlong mark on a turquoise-enameled base, from the collection of Mr. Reginald Cory, is illustrated by R. L. Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London, 1925, pl. LXXIII, fig. 1.

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