A blanc-de-chine reticulated brushpot, Circa 1700. Photo Bonhams.

Of cylindrical form, the sides pierced with four characters within barbed panels on a trellis ground encircling the upper half, the lower half with a peony meander, the flowers spaced among dense foliage, together with stand, 15cm high. Sold for £6,000 (€7,539)

Provenance: Sotheby's, 15 January 1974, lot 311
The Fiorentini Collection, no.AC19

The characters, Chuang yuei chi ti, may be translated as 'First in the Imperial examination'.

Compare a similar pierced trellis pattern brushpot, illustrated in Blanc De Chine: The Porcelain of Têhua in Fukien, New York, 1969, pl.9A.

Bonhams. ASIAN ART INCLUDING PORCELAIN FROM THE FIORENTINI COLLECTION, 2 Jul 2014, Edinburgh - http://www.bonhams.com