Lot 89
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A HARDSTONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL EMBELLISHED BRUSHPOT
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A HARDSTONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL EMBELLISHED BRUSHPOT

18TH CENTURY, SIGNED MEIGONG

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A HARDSTONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL EMBELLISHED BRUSHPOT
18TH CENTURY, SIGNED MEIGONG
Decorated in mother-of-pearl, soapstone, horn, malachite, coral and silver wire, with moths in various stages of flight around a blossoming prunus tree and rockwork, the reverse with a fourteen-character inscription
6 in. (17.2cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The inscription reads ye ban meng hui ming yue shang/yi mei su ying guo qiang lai which can be translated as: 'half through the night I awake from my dreams in the moonlight, a swift shadow passes across the wall'

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