A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURATIVE' BRUSH POT, BITONG

Transitional Period, 17th Century

過渡期 十七世紀 青花人物故事圖紋筆筒

The large, waisted brush pot painted around the exterior with a figurative scene depicting robed officials and their attendants in a continuous landscape scene decorated with rocky outcrops, leafy trees, swirling clouds and a flowing river, raised on a fitted wood stand,

the bitong 21.8cm diameter, 23.8cm high

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PROVENANCE:

Formerly in the collection of a banker who lived in China during the 1920s, before being gifted in the 1960s to the aunt of the present owner, his live-in nurse, from his house in Holland Park, London, thence by descent.

來源：

一位1920年代曾居於中國的銀行家舊藏，後來於1960年代贈送給現藏家為其倫敦荷蘭公園住宅居家護理員的阿姨，此後家族承傳。

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NOTE:

The Transitional Period (1620 - 1683) was a turbulent time in Chinese history, covering the time between the Ming dynasty losing control of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, and the Qing dynasty gaining it. While this period specifically refers to a lack of imperial control of porcelain production, it is set against a backdrop of protracted and bloody civil war. During this time the system of imperial orders collapsed, and the once-obedient civil servants had to become go-getting businessmen, seeking new clients both domestic and overseas. The new customer base led to stylistic changes on the porcelain, with many new products decorated with literary scenes copied taken woodblock prints.

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