Monochrome
Monochrome
A rare carved white biscuit porcelain 'horse' brushpot, Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century 清十八至十九世紀 素胎白瓷浴馬圖筆筒
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June 1, 04:31 AM GMT
Estimate
220,000 - 300,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A rare carved white biscuit porcelain 'horse' brushpot,
Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century
清十八至十九世紀 素胎白瓷浴馬圖筆筒
of cylindrical form, the exterior skilfully carved with a continuous scene depicting five groomsmen and eight horses in a setting arbored with pine trees and a river, two groomsmen rendered knee-deep in the river with rippling waters and arduously pulling the reins of two horses, all below a band of pin-prick marks along the rim to imitate bamboo, wood stand
16 cm, 6¼ in.
Collection of Y.C. Chen (1922-2012).
陳玉階（1922-2012年）收藏
This finely carved brushpot appears to be by one of the ceramic artists active at Jingdezhen during the early 19th century, including Chen Guozhi, Wang Bingying and Li Yucheng. Another carved brushpot of identical size and design, signed Liang, originally in the Kaynes-Klitz collection, was sold at Bonhams London, 16th May 2019, lot 34. The designs appear to derive from contemporary woodblock prints.
Other examples include a white-glazed biscuit brushpot by Chen Guozhi depicting figures and water-buffalo in landscape, illustrated in Escape from the Dusty World: Chinese Paintings and Literati Works of Art, London, 1999, cat. no. 95 and a light turquoise-glazed example, illustrated in John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pl. 340.