KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

TWO SMALL FAMILLE VERTE BRUSH POTS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) and 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm.) high, cloth box

Provenance

Left: Chait Galleries, New York.
Right: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 9 October 2000.
Both: Christie's New York, 27 January 2014, lot 356.

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Lot Essay

The poem inscribed on the brush pot decorated with the archer and equestrienne may be translated, 'In the past, there was Zhao Qianli. Today we attempt to paint his heroic bearing'. The famous Southern Song painter Zhao Qianli was a relation of the Song imperial family.

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