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« Previous | All details on a printable page | Contact Jan van Beers about this piece » Fine Underglaze-Blue and Copper-Red Brushpot, Kangxi (1662 - 1722) 18.40cm diameter ( 7.24 inches in diameter) The brushpot is finely painted with four cartouches, each painted in inky cobalt with copper-red highlights. One portraying a scholar lounging in his gazebo looking out at flowering lotus flowers, the second of a fisherman , the third of a scholar and his attendant seated next to a waterfall, the fourth of a boy playing a flute while standing on the back of his raft. All reserved against a dense deftly carved peony scroll ground beneath a pale olive celadon glaze. ref. 4978 Literature: For a near identical brushpot in Beijing see: Vol.36, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 2000, No.220 Condition: excellent
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