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    Sale 2030

    The Imperial Sale

    Hong Kong

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    30 April 2000

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    Lot 609

    A ZITAN EMBELLISHED BRUSHPOT

    Price realised

    HKD 105,750

    Estimate

    HKD 100,000 - HKD 120,000

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    A ZITAN EMBELLISHED BRUSHPOT
    QING DYNASTY

    The exterior of the brushpot decorated with carved mother-of-pearl, stained bone and hardstones to form two birds perched on a bamboo branch among a gnarled prunus branch issuing prunus blossoms, the base and exterior mouthrim bound with silver band (some hardstone losses replaced)
    7 5/8 in. (19.2 cm.) high

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    Lot Essay

    Compare the present lot with another brushpot of a different type of wood but similarly decorated with inlaid stones with a bird on prunus branches, included in the Hong Kong Museum of Art exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, 1992, Catalogue, no. 281.

    (US$13,000-15,000)

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