A FAMILLE-VERTE 'THREE STAR GODS' BRUSHPOT, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
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September 23, 08:35 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
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A FAMILLE-VERTE 'THREE STAR GODS' BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
清康熙 五彩開光福祿魁三星圖筆筒
the cylindrical form finely enameled on the exterior with three rectangular panels each enclosing a mythical deity, one with Fuxing in bright robes clutching a scroll and gazing up into the night sky towards a fluttering bat, another with Luxing, extravagantly attired proffering a hu tablet in a moonlit balustraded-garden setting, and the third with Kuixing dynamically poised on one leg atop the head of a leaping dragon-carp amid rolling waves, a brush in one hand and an ingot in the other, all against a rich pale-green, black-speckled ground with a colorful array of fruiting boughs, floral sprigs and leafy stems, the interior glazed white, the base with a circular recess, partially glazed
Height 5½ in., 14.2 cm
Collection of Dr. Max Wasserman.
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Max Wasserman 醫生收藏
Compare a related famille-verte brushpot, from the Sir Percival David Collection in the British Museum, London, depicting the Three Star Gods inspecting a scroll painting illustrated in Rosemary Scott, Illustrated Catalogue of Qing Enamelled Ware in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1991, p. 58, no. A842. Compare also a related composition on a 17th century blue and white brushpot sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 9th October 2012, lot 3086.