Lot 79. A blue and white 'immortal' brushpot, Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period (1627-1644). Height 15.8 cm. Lot Sold 31,200 EUR (Estimate 25,000 - 30,000 EUR) © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Collection of Dr. Lowell S. Young, San Francisco.

Berwald, London, 1990s. 

Exhibited: The Dr. Lowell Young Collection, Ming & Qing Blue and White Porcelain, Marchant & Son, London, 2012, no. 10.

Note: A similar demon is depicted on two small sleeve vases, illustrated in Sir Michael Butler, Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Collections, Late Ming, Musée National D'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg, 2008, pls. 99-100.