A GRISAILLE-DECORATED 'IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED' BRUSH POT
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED TO THE BINGCHEN YEAR (CORRESPONDING TO 1736)
Poem: 'BI SHUI WAN HUAN FU XIAO TING YI LAN DU ZUO YUE JIN JING WEN SHUI SHI DE PU TI QU QIA YOU BA JIAO CE ER TING SHA CHUANG ZHU DIAN JING WU YING XIANG TU JIN NI BI LU NING XIU XIANG REN JIAN QIU BI SHU GE ZHONG ZI YOU YU HU BING MAN YI QIU LIANG QIU YI DAO BU KAN XIA RE XIA NAN LIU YAN QIAN FENG JING HUN WU DING GONG WO XIAN YIN DU YI LOU LIN QUAN XIAO SA QIE YOU XUN XING BA GUI LAI MU AI QIN LIANG YUE ZHAO REN REN BU MEI YI OU XIANG RU TING DIAO QIN BING PAN KUI SHAN HE XU LIAN CHEN LI FU GUA DI SHI TAN FU KAN ZAO ZHAN QIU JING JIN YI WAN SHUI SE YI CHENG LAN ZUO YE WEI FENG FU WU YAN HE TING SHUANG QI YI FAN TIAN JIN ZHAO MENG XING PI YI CHU FEI BAN PIAO XIANG DAO XIU LIAN QIAN LONG BING CHEN XIA YUE YU TI' Seal: 'QIAN LONG CHEN HAN' 'WEI JING WEI YI' Mark: 'DA QING QIAN LONG NIAN ZHI'
Remark: with original Japanese fabric box and original Japanese fabric stand

Brush Pot H 10.7 cm (4 1/4 in) Total H 13.5 cm (5 3/8 in)

Provenance: 1. A collection of Ogden Reid (b. 1925), a famous American diplomat 2. A collection of Fujita Family, Japan

Reference: A similar Qianlong ware imperially inscribed brush pot from the Qing dynasty is illustrated in CATALOG OF THE SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF K'ANG-HSI, YUNG-CHENG AND CH'IEN-LUNG PORCELAIN WARE FROM THE CH'ING DYNASTY IN THE NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM, National Palace Museum, p.165, no.138

ESTIMATE: HKD 50,000 / RMB 44,000