†A CHINESE BLACK LACQUERED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT

†A CHINESE BLACK LACQUERED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, BITONG
18TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body delicately incised with a design of two pairs of birds amidst blossoming prunus, bamboo and rocks, heightened in gold, the interior red, the base with a black and red marbled design, 16.5cm.

Cf. Charm of Bamboo, Zhejiang Provincial Museum, 2011, pp.73-74, item 12, for a similar but smaller brushpot.

清十八世紀 黑漆竹刻填金花鳥紋筆筒