A famille-rose 'Winter landscape' brushpot by He Xuren, Republic period, dated jiaxu year, corresponding to 1934
Lot 383. A famille-rose 'Winter landscape' brushpot by He Xuren, Republic period, dated jiaxu year, corresponding to 1934; 317⁄8 in., 81 cm high; 81⁄8 in., 20.5 cm wide. Height 7 1/4 in., 18.4 cm. Estimate: 15,000-25,000 USD. Sold Price: 250,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's
of square form with indented corners, finely enameled to two sides with winter riverscape scenes, each depicting a scholar in a pavilion surrounded by snow-covered trees and mountains, accompanied by a poetic verse, followed by a signed and dated inscription and two artist seals, the other two sides each inscribed with a long poem, accompanied by a signed and dated inscription and two artist seals, the base with a four-character seal mark in iron red reading Xuren chupin ('made by Xuren')
Provenance: Hong Kong Private Collection.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 12 Sep 2018