TWO CHINESE COPPER-RED-DECORATED PORCELAINS Brushpot: Guangxu Mark and Probably of...
TWO CHINESE COPPER-RED-DECORATED PORCELAINS
Brushpot: Guangxu Mark and Probably of the Period
Waterpot: Kangxi Mark, Republic Period
Comprising a cylindrical brushpot painted in vivid underglaze red with two five-clawed dragons striding above waves and contesting a flaming pearl, flame scrolls and clouds rising above and below the beasts, the six-character mark in underglaze blue at the base; and a small beehive-form waterpot (taibaizun), the domed sides painted with three 'dragon' roundels in underglaze red beneath a waisted neck.
4 1/4in (11cm) height of brushpot; 3in (7.62cm) height of waterpot (2).
Provenance:
Brushpot:
Collection of Senator Dianne Feinstein (1933-2023)
Waterpot:
Petersen's Antiques, San Francisco, 27 December 1969
Collection of Senator Dianne Feinstein (1933-2023)
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TWO CHINESE COPPER-RED-DECORATED PORCELAINS
Brushpot: Guangxu Mark and Probably of the Period
Waterpot: Kangxi Mark, Republic Period
Comprising a cylindrical brushpot painted in vivid underglaze red with two five-clawed dragons striding above waves and contesting a flaming pearl, flame scrolls and clouds rising above and below the beasts, the six-character mark in underglaze blue at the base; and a small beehive-form waterpot (taibaizun), the domed sides painted with three 'dragon' roundels in underglaze red beneath a waisted neck.
4 1/4in (11cm) height of brushpot; 3in (7.62cm) height of waterpot (2).
Provenance:
Brushpot:
Collection of Senator Dianne Feinstein (1933-2023)
Waterpot:
Petersen's Antiques, San Francisco, 27 December 1969
Collection of Senator Dianne Feinstein (1933-2023)