A famille verte brushpot, bitong. Kangxi

The cylindrical vessel rising to the flared rim and supported on a splayed foot, decorated with a scholar and his attendant walking towards a pagoda on the opposite side of a bridge amidst a mountainous river landscape strewn with trees, the foot with a key-fret border. 14.7cm (5¾in) high. Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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