ID 807354
Lot 1013 | A SUPERB AND FINELY DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE 'SECOND ODE ON THE RED CLIFF' BRUSH POT
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 90 000
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The cylindrical sides are decorated with a scene of scholars and attendants drinking wine in a covered boat beneath a constellation, and approaching a crane flying underneath a rocky outcropping. The reverse is inscribed with the ‘Second Ode on the Red Cliff’ by Su Shi seals, with two seals possibly reading Er Yan and Jiang Xia. The base has a four-character mark reading wen zhang shan dou (scholarship as high as the mountains and the Great Bear).
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam., fitted cloth box
Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, 30 March 2006, lot 312.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Kangxi period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Kangxi period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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