A ZITAN BRUSHPOT, BITONG

18TH CENTURY

Details
A ZITAN BRUSHPOT, BITONG
18th Century
Of barbed outline, the sides and interior carved with six ogee-molded vertical panels, raised on five low pad feet, the base formed of a separate fitted zitan disc
6in. (15.2cm.) high, 5¼in. (13.3cm.) diam.
Literature
Robert P. Piccus, ed., Wood From The Scholar's Table, Chinese Hardwood Carvings and Scholar's Articles, Hong Kong, 1984, pp. 36-37