Lot 2298. A finely carved celadon-glazed brush pot, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 6 in. (14.9 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 250,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012

Of cylindrical form, the brush pot is well carved with two sinuous chilong striding amongst lingzhi sprigs and scrolling foliage beneath a chevron border. The recessed base is painted with an artemesia leaf in underglaze blue, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: John Sparks Ltd. (sticker)
Sold at Sotheby's London, 8 November 2006, lot 68.

Note: A brush pot from the H.M. Knight Collection with similar carving but with a keyfret band around the mouth rim was included in the Exhibition Oosterse Schatten, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1954, no. 311. Compare, also, to the example from the Collection of the British Rail Pension Fund, exhibited at the Dorchester International Ceramics Fair, London, June 1986, and later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16 May 1989, lot 51.