Lot 14. A Dehua reticulated brushpot, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 13.7cm high. Sold for €6,656.  Photo Bonhams.

Of tall cylindrical form, the sides pierced with a design of a leafy peony scroll issuing three large blossoms with incised details, all between grooved borders at the rim and foot, the interior and exterior covered with a lustrous creamy-white glaze.

Provenance: Imperial Oriental Art, New York (according to label on the base)
Sotheby's Hongkong, 5 November 1996, lot 827
Private Collection, London
Christie's London, 14 May 2009, lot 12.

Published and Exhibited: Daniel Suebsman and Daniela Antonin, Kangxi - Porcelain Treasures of the Kangxi Period, Düsseldorf, 2015, cat.no.134
The Dancing Dragon / China Contemporary, Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, 19 July 2015 - 17 January 2016, no.134.

Note: A similar Dehua brushpot of this pattern from the collection of the Residenzmuseum, Munich, with gilt-metal mounts dated to 1729-30, is illustrated in Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, Qing Porcelain, Paris, 1987, pl.372. Compare also with a Dehua reticulated brushpot, illustrated in Rose Kerr and John Ayers, Blanc de Chine, Chicago, 2002, no.159.

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