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A blue and white Chinese brush stand, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).
Estimate
12 000 - 15 000 SEK
1 140 - 1 430 EUR
1 200 - 1 500 USD
Hammer price
11 000 SEK
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A blue and white Chinese brush stand, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).
Modelled in five-peak mountain form. Decorated with flowers and a mythological beast admist waves. Height 11 cm.
Firing flaws to glaze.
Literature
Arts from the Scholars Studio, Oriental Ceramics Society, 1986. Page 211. Genre paintings depicts a variety of brush rests from this period. Brush rests needed the 'valleys' in which to rest the brush, the mountain form naturally became popular. The most popular was the five peaked rest, representing the Five Sacred Mountains of China.