31. M2709
£8,500
Description
Chinese Blanc de Chine openwork brushpot, bitong, of cylindrical form, decorated with three incised peony blooms amongst branches and leaves issuing from rockwork, between a raised wide band at the rim and footrim, covered overall in a rich and even white glaze.
6 1⁄8 inches, 15.6 cm high.
Dehua, Fujian Province.
Late Ming dynasty, circa 1640.
Openwork wood stand.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From the collection of Dr. Lowell S. Young, San Francisco, USA.
- Sold by Berwald Oriental Art, circa 2000.
- Included by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 2014, no. 112, pp. 144/5.
- A similar brushpot is illustrated by Wang Yamin and Huang Weiwen in Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum II, no. 240, pp. 524/5; another was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 1985, no. 38, p. 24; other slightly smaller examples of this type were also illustrated by Marchant in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 1985, no. 37, p. 24 and in their exhibition of Blanc de Chine, 1994, no. 105, p. 68, where it mentions that a further example with key-fret design is illustrated by P. J. Donnelly in Blanc de Chine, pl. 9A, and bears an inscribed Tianqi date.
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