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A RARE INSCRIBED CYPRESS WOOD BRUSHPOT, BITONG Xuantong seal mark and Fuchen zhi mark, early 20th century image 1
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A RARE INSCRIBED CYPRESS WOOD BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Xuantong seal mark and Fuchen zhi mark, early 20th century

3 November 2022, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,550 inc. premium

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A RARE INSCRIBED CYPRESS WOOD BRUSHPOT, BITONG

Xuantong seal mark and Fuchen zhi mark, early 20th century
The vessel with numerous gnarled and hollowed 'eyes, the wood of amber-honey tone, the base incised with seal mark and maker's signature. 16.5cm (6 1/2in) diam.

Footnotes

二十世紀早期 柏木隨形筆筒
「宣統年造」、「輔臣製」款

Provenance: Adrian M. Joseph (d.2010), Hong Kong, 1978

Published and Illustrated: S.Marsh, Brushpots: A Collector's View, Hong Kong, 2020, pp.60-61

來源:Adrian M. Joseph (卒 2010),香港,1978年

錄著: S.Marsh, 《Brushpots: A Collector's View》,香港,2020年,頁60-61

The present lot bears the seal of the Xuantong emperor (r.1909-1911), the last emperor of China, as well as a three-character inscription, Fuchen zhi ('made by Fuchen'). See a related burlwood brushpot, Qing dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 November 2021, lot 585.

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