TWO DEHUA CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOTS 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The larger brushpot is incised with a poem by the Tang-dynasty poet, Yuan Zhen, which can be translated as "the flickering shadow of flowers against the wall, one might suggest a jade-like figure is drawing near."
The larger 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Smaller: Nicholas Pitcher Oriental Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 2012.
Larger: Private collection, France.
S. Marchant and Son, London, 2007.
View it on
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
The larger brushpot is incised with a poem by the Tang-dynasty poet, Yuan Zhen, which can be translated as "the flickering shadow of flowers against the wall, one might suggest a jade-like figure is drawing near."
The larger 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Smaller: Nicholas Pitcher Oriental Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 2012.
Larger: Private collection, France.
S. Marchant and Son, London, 2007.
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
