Lot 47. A white-glazed slip-decorated brushpot, 18th century; 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 2,270. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004

The cylindrical brushpot slip-decorated around the exterior with bamboo and blossoming prunus branches below two birds in flight, the overall composition with painterly quality and the slip well used to simulate lighter and darker tones of the brush stroke, covered overall in an even bluish-white glaze stopping neatly in a circle around the recessed base. 

Provenance: E. T. Hall Collection, no. 49. 

Christie's. Chinese Monochrome Porcelain from the Collection of the late E. T. Hall, London, 7 June 2004