Celadon Glazed Brushpot, Kangxi (1662 - 1722)

Dimensions:

  15.50cm high (  6.10 inches high)

18.00cm diameter ( 7.09 inches in diameter)



A fine celadon glazed bitong, the sides carved with two bearded chilong against a ground of dense lingzhi scroll. The rim and the interior are glazed white. The slightly concave foot has a broad unglazed ring, encircling the white glazed countersunk centre with a 4 character Xuande mark.

ref.4977


Literature:
A Brushpot from the H.M. Knight Collection with similar carving was included in the "Exhibition Oosterse Schatten", Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1954 , No.311


Condition:
excellent