Lot 11
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WHITE METAL 'HERMIT' BRUSH POT
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 640
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Description
清 吳石遷款 銀製山水隱士詩文筆筒
of cylindrical form, engraved to the exterior with a hermit holding a qin instrument at the gate of a thatched house amongst large pine trees and mountainous landscape, back of the hills a wide river with sampans, above further incised with poem, signed 'Wu Shi Qian' and dated to the Ding Hai year during the Guangxu reign, corresponds to 1887
Dimensions
15.8cm diameter
Footnote
Provenance: private European collection