Lot 12
RARE LARGE CARVED AGARWOOD BRUSH POT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 5 November 2020 at 14:00 GMT
£16,250
Description
清 沉香木雕山水人物紋大筆筒
of irregular cylindrical form, carved around the body in high relief with narrative scenes with a sow-headed figure in the sky with its captive and a bat to one side, the other side with human figures on dramatic hilly ground
Dimensions
24cm wide
Footnote
Provenance: Formerly in a Private English collection; the collector collected various types of brush pots in the 1970s and purchased some of his collection from dealers such as WM. Williams (Kensington) Ltd at 27a Kensington Church Street, Kensington, London.