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FAMILLE VERTE BRUSHPOT
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CATALOGUE NUMBER 1339

FAMILLE VERTE BRUSHPOT

KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722)

DIMENSIONS

Height: 4 ¾ inches

Diameter: 4 inches

 

PROVENANCE
  • Marchant, Ltd., London, 2004

  • Collection of Iver Munthe Daae

  • Christie's Amsterdam, November 20, 2002, lot 271

 

CATALOGUE NOTES

A famille verte brush pot bitong, painted with a thrush perched on rockwork beside flowering lily, aster, pink, peony and hibiscus. The reverse with a butterfly amongst three other insects in flight above leaf sprays. The base with a glazed central recess and a broad unglazed band with traces of Chinese calligraphy in black ink.

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