A FINE AND RARE CHINESE CARVED CELADON BRUSHPOT, BITONG

KANGXI 1662-1722

The wide cylindrical body decorated with a continuous landscape scene of pagodas, willow, pine, rocks and figures and in a sampan, all beneath a scrolling border, the base with a recessed glazed circle with a six character Xuande mark, with a wood stand, 17.2cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Elsie McCorkindale d.1953, Trebetherick, Cornwall.

Cf. Christie's Hong Kong, 29th April 2001, lot 520 for a closely related carved celadon landscape bitong.