Lot 57. A large huanghuali brush pot, bitong, Late Ming-early Qing Dynasty; 18.5cm diam; 15.6cm high. Sold for €10,240. Photo Bonhams.

Of large, slightly tapered cylindrical form rising from an inset, convex base, the well-figured wood patinated to rich, deep golden tone.

Provenance: Collection of Dr. Ludwig Pfannemüller (1915-2008), acquired in China in the 1960s
Nagel, 8 May 2009, lot 228.

Published: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm 1964, pl.622, p.187.

Note: A similar figure bearing a He Chaozhong mark, also from the Collection of Carl Kempe, is illustrated in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm 1964, cat.no.623, and was included in the exhibition The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 15 November - 14 December 1957, cat.no.8, later sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3324.

Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr. CHINESE ART FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION, Paris, 26 October 2023