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Auction House:
Bonhams
Number of lots recorded:45
Lots with images:45
Prices available:45
Category:
Brush Pot
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A pale-celadon jade 'dragon and cloud' brush pot, Qianlong four-character mark 16.1 cm high, 10.5 cm diam., 1320g ***
*** A square 'river landscape' cloisonne brushpot 18th/19th century 12.5 cm high. Provenance: Alexander Gallery, New York (by repute) ***
*** A huanghuali brush pot, 18th/ 19th century 18.7 cm high, 20.7 cm diam. ***
*** A huanghuali brush pot, 17.7 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Fu Hua (b. 1926), acquired in London in the 1980s, thence by descent ***
*** A blue-and-white 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove' brush pot, 22.8 cm diam., No reserve. John Sparks Ltd ***
*** A Chinese rosewood brush pot, the straight sided body with defined graining, 15 cm high, 15 cm diameter ***
*** A transitional blue-and-white brush pot, late Ming or early Qing dynasty, mid 17th century, of cylindrical form, painted around the body with a portrait of Zhong Kui and a ghost between two carved decorative borders. 8.6 cm diameter, 14.8 cm high.… ***
*** A huanghuali brush pot 18th/19th century 15 cm diam., 16 cm high. Provenance: The Reid family collection ***
*** A carved bamboo brush pot, bitong 18th century, the cylindrical body deeply carved to the exterior with a scene of scholars sailing in a mountain river and engaged in various pursuits in a deeply wooded rocky landscape. Private collection New South… ***
*** A Chinese 'lotus pond' ceramic brush pot, 14 cm high, 12 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese hardwood brush pot inlaid with hardstone and ivory, 21.8 cm diameter, 21.3 cm high ***
*** A Chinese incised ivory brush pot, 11.1 cm diameter. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired locally in the 1970s (by repute), Western Australia private collection, imported to Australia in the 1940s (by repute) ***
*** A Chinese carved bamboo brush pot, carved around the body with garden landscape, signed Cheng Zhi, 16.3 cm high ***
*** A Chinese deep spinach jade brushpot, 20th century, the cylindrical body carved with rampant dragons pursuing the fiery pearls midst scrolling clouds. Incised four character mark (the collection of Qianlong) to base. 16 cm high ***
*** A huanghuali brush pot, Late Qing/ Republic period, 12.1 cm diam., 12.2 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney ***
*** A carved bamboo 'boating' brush pot, Attributed to Shi Chengzhi (Qing dynasty), incised mark Qingxi Shanren, 14.1 cm high ***
*** A Chinese huanghuali brush pot, bitong, Late Ming to Early Qing dynasty 10.8 cm high, 7.5 cm diam. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A Chinese carved bamboo brush pot, 14.6 cm high ***
*** A Chinese finely carved bamboo brush pot, 19th/ 20th century, the cylindrical body carved of figures amongst pine tree landscape between fitted rim and base. 12.5 cm high ***
*** A turquoise-glazed moulded 'dragon' brushpot Republic period with box, 11.1 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** A Chinese carved 'Zhong Kui' hardwood brush pot, 14 cm high ***
*** A pair of enamelled 'landscape' brush pots, Wang Yunquan (1916 - 1998), dated according to inscription 1957, each painted with similar landscapes of cottages by mountain streams, all between two black-glaze decorative border, each accompanied with a poem… ***
*** A Chinese famille rose brush pot 18th century, the slender cylindrical body painted and enamelled with a lady beside a table with vase of flowers and books, verso with garden stools, a pair of rabbits and butterflies. Provenance: Private Collection, New… ***
*** Two carved bamboo brush pots, 20th century, one of scholars and servants in a mountain landscape embellished with pine trees, the other of a group of people playing chess, and riding horses in a mountain landscape of pine trees, fitted with a flaring rim,… ***
*** A rosewood brush pot, bitong of hexagonal form, the facets slightly concave, with a delicately raised thin outer rim and raised on six paired feet ***
*** A Chinese zitan brush pot 19th century, the straight sided body with defined graining, 15 cm high, 15 cm diameter ***
*** A Chinese 'peach and bat' brushpot, Qianlong six-character blue-and-white seal mark, Republic period, of cylindrical form, painted on two opposing panels with peaches and bats, alternating with two pierced panels, all between two gold-painted bands… ***
*** A large hardwood brush pot, bitong, of classic simplistic form and dark brown tone, the body slightly waisted, a bung stopper fitted to the base. 22.7 cm high, 23 cm diameter ***
*** A Chinese carved and pierced ivory brush pot, Repulic period, of various figures amongst a garden pavilion, against a pierced brocade field, the base removable, 11 cm high ***
*** Two circular ink-paste boxes, 19th century one decorated with three figures under a pine tree in un-fired cobalt, the other of chrysanthemum and iris in carved high-relief, 9.6 cm diam., 11.2 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Collection of Ross Gordon, Brisbane,… ***
*** A Chinese bamboo brush pot, carved in high relief with mountain landscape of pavilions amongst pine trees around the exterior, signed and inscribed by the artist, 16.4 cm high ***
*** An enamelled 'dragon' brush pot, Guangxu six-character mark, painted around the body with dragons of the Four Seas chasing flaming balls, all against an incised 'sea wave' ground, 8.5 cm high ***
*** A flambe-glazed brush washer 19th/ 20th century 26.1 cm diam. ***
*** A carved Chinese bamboo brush pot, Late Qing dynasty to Republic period, embossed inscription attributed to Jinghe studio, 10.5 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong ***
*** A natural-shaped Chinese bamboo brush pot, Qing dynasty, 14.2 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong ***
*** A zitan brush pot, 19th/ 20th century, in a realistic form of a trunk of very dark tone, the brush pot decorated with two ruyi heads on one side. 15.8 cm high ***
*** A hardwood brush pot, 20th century of slightly waisted form, the dark wood with an attractive grain. 19.3 cm high ***
*** An incised Chinese bamboo 'seal' brush pot, Qing dynasty, incised around the body with four square seal marks, 9 cm diam. 12.3 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago on Wyndham Street in Hong Kong ***
*** Two Chinese rootwood brushpots, 11 cm high, 7 cm high (2). Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong ***
*** A Chinese turquoise-ground brush pot, of cylindrical shape, moulded in high relief with branches of prunus blossoms, 12.5 cm high ***
*** A carved Chinese bamboo 'scroll' brushpot, Late Qing dynasty to Republic period, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong ***
*** A Chinese incised 'cabbage' bamboo brush pot, Attributed to Zhi Yan incised two verses to the back, 16 cm high ***
*** A group of two Chinese brush pots, and two brushes, Qing dynasty, one brush of later period The brush pots: 14.3 cm high, and 11.5cn high, the brushes: 24 cm long, and 21 cm long (4). Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A blue and white brushpot, transitional style, but later, 22.2 cm high ***
*** A Chinese blue and white brush pot, height 17 cm ***