A celadon-glazed carved brush pot, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate $30,000 – $50,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The sides well carved with three horned chilong with long undulating bodies and incised manes striding against a background of dense peony scroll between narrow borders of incised classic scroll at the rims, all under a glaze of soft sea-green color in contrast to the white rim and the pale blue tint of the transparent glaze on the interior, and in the countersunk center of the unglazed base; 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diameter

Exhibited: Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Oosterse Schatten: 4000 Jaar Aziatische Kunst, 1954, no. 311.

Notes: A similarly decorated Kangxi brush pot from the collection of the Oriental Ceramic Society was included in the exhibition, Oriental Green Wares: Pottery and Porcelain from the Near and Far East, British Museum, 3 May - 13 July 1997, TOCS, vol. 60, 1995-1996, p. 131, no. 43. See, also, the example with chevron band below the rim illustrated by R. Krahl, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, London, 1996, no. 143.

CHRISTIE'S. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART III - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: QING CERAMICS, GLASS AND JADE CARVINGS, 19 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.