Lot 248

CELADON-GLAZED BAMBOO-FORM BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD






Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
清乾隆 青釉節節高升竹節型花插
naturalistically modelled as a hollowed section of bamboo with a smaller section to the side, further moulded in high relief with leafy shoots curling up and around the front face of the vessel, covered overall in a light celadon glaze, leaving only the foot ring unglazed and covered in brown paint
Dimensions
15cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Private English collection, Southampton, Hampshire, has been collecting Chinese ceramics over the past 15 years
Footnote
Note: A pair of highly comparable celadon-glazed bamboo-form brushpots, also dated to the Qianlong period, and later added with Louis XV ormolu mounts circa 1750, was sold at Christie's London, 8 July 2021, lot 6. Another similar example was sold at Christie's New York, 28 Sep 2021, lot 17.





