Burlwood brushpot of irregular shape, with an undulating rim forming two lobed sections. The surface of the vessel is composed of numerous knots and burls of varying sizes and clusters. The wood has a distinctive striated grain and bears a rich chestnut-coloured patina.
Provenance:
Philip Wood, San Francisco.
Exhibited:
London, 2019, Eskenazi Limited.
Published:
Eskenazi Limited, Room for study: fifty scholars’ objects, London 2019, number 9.
Published:
Christie’s, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Part II, 14 September 2012, number 1356.
Similar example:
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasties, London and Glasgow, 1970, plate 30.
Philip Wood was the founder and publisher of Berkeley’s Ten Speed Press, and was also a collector of wood and scholars’ objects.