AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE, COPPER-RED AND CELADON-GLAZED CARVED BRUSHPOT, QING DYNASTY 清代青花釉裏紅筆筒

China, 1644-1912. The bitong of cylindrical form, the exterior carved and incised in shallow relief with bamboo and camellia as well as foliage and craggy rockwork. Covered overall in a transparent glaze save for a circular section of the base.

Provenance: Old French private estate. Old merchant label to the interior, ‘Antique & Curio Store; Category 3; Number 5173; Qing dynasty; Brush pot with cobalt-blue copper-red painting; Price 280 Yuan’.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, minuscule frits to rim.

Weight: 701.6 g
Dimensions: Height 12.8 cm, Diameter 9.9 cm

Literature comparison: A related but larger and earlier brushpot in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Shikinjo no shiho, Pekin kokyu hakubutsuin ten, Tokyo, 1992, no. 18.

Auction result comparison: Compare a related but larger and earlier bitong at Sotheby’s New York in Important Chinese Art on 20 March 2019, lot 750, sold for USD 37,500, another at Christie’s New York in The Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall on 29 March 2006, lot 105, sold for USD 10,800, and a third at Christie’s London in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 6 November 2007, lot 165, sold for GBP 8,750.

清代青花釉裏紅筆筒
中國，1644-1912年。筆筒呈圓筒狀，外壁淺浮雕竹子和茶花以及樹葉和岩石。通體施透明釉，底足局部露胎。

來源：法國私人老收藏。筆筒内壁有舊標簽 “文物商店；類別3；貨號5173；青花釉裏紅筆筒280元”。
品相：狀況良好，輕微磨損和燒製不規則，邊緣有微小的熔塊。

重量：701.6 克
尺寸：高12.8 厘米, 直徑9.9 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相近但更大更早期的筆筒，見紐約蘇富比 Important Chinese Art，2019年3月20日，lot 750，售價USD 37,500；另一件見紐約佳士得 The Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall，2006年3月29日，lot 105，售價USD 10,800；以及第三件見倫敦佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art，2007年11月6日，lot 165，售價GBP 8,750。

Lot details

China, 1644-1912. The bitong of cylindrical form, the exterior carved and incised in shallow relief with bamboo and camellia as well as foliage and craggy rockwork. Covered overall in a transparent glaze save for a circular section of the base.

Provenance: Old French private estate. Old merchant label to the interior, ‘Antique & Curio Store; Category 3; Number 5173; Qing dynasty; Brush pot with cobalt-blue copper-red painting; Price 280 Yuan’.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, minuscule frits to rim.

Weight: 701.6 g
Dimensions: Height 12.8 cm, Diameter 9.9 cm

Literature comparison: A related but larger and earlier brushpot in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Shikinjo no shiho, Pekin kokyu hakubutsuin ten, Tokyo, 1992, no. 18.

Auction result comparison: Compare a related but larger and earlier bitong at Sotheby’s New York in Important Chinese Art on 20 March 2019, lot 750, sold for USD 37,500, another at Christie’s New York in The Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall on 29 March 2006, lot 105, sold for USD 10,800, and a third at Christie’s London in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 6 November 2007, lot 165, sold for GBP 8,750.

清代青花釉裏紅筆筒
中國，1644-1912年。筆筒呈圓筒狀，外壁淺浮雕竹子和茶花以及樹葉和岩石。通體施透明釉，底足局部露胎。

來源：法國私人老收藏。筆筒内壁有舊標簽 “文物商店；類別3；貨號5173；青花釉裏紅筆筒280元”。
品相：狀況良好，輕微磨損和燒製不規則，邊緣有微小的熔塊。

重量：701.6 克
尺寸：高12.8 厘米, 直徑9.9 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件相近但更大更早期的筆筒，見紐約蘇富比 Important Chinese Art，2019年3月20日，lot 750，售價USD 37,500；另一件見紐約佳士得 The Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall，2006年3月29日，lot 105，售價USD 10,800；以及第三件見倫敦佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art，2007年11月6日，lot 165，售價GBP 8,750。