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清康熙 素三彩歲寒三友筆筒
Provenance: Ionides Collection, by repute
William Clayton Ltd., London, 19 January 1967 (valuation for insurance)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.69
Provenance: Ionides舊藏,據傳
倫敦古董商William Clayton Ltd.,1967年1月19日(保險評估)
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023),倫敦,藏品編號69
A related brushpot is illustrated by J.P.Stamen, C.Volk, and Ni Yibin, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-era Chinese Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Boston, 2017, p.108, later sold at Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2018, lot 352.
See also a pair of related turquoise-glazed bamboo-stem brushpots mounted as baskets with ormolu handles and stands, Kangxi, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol.2, London, 2016, nos.1438-1439. Another related pair of turquoise-glazed bamboo-stem brushpots, Kangxi, is illustrated by R.Krahl, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese Ceramics, vol.2, n.p, 1996, no.262.
See a related sancai-glazed openwork 'Three Friends of Winter' brushpot, Kangxi, which was sold at Bonhams London, 2 November 2023, lot 28.