A FINE HARDWOOD AND INLAID BRUSH POT QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENT...

Hammer

£2,600

A FINE HARDWOOD AND INLAID BRUSH POT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清 百宝嵌紫檀笔筒
the cylindrical sides inlaid with mother-of-pearl, coral and hardstone with an figure leading a flowering cart, drawn by a deer, the reverse with a crane standing beneath a a pine tree issuing from a rocky out crop
14cm diam, 14.5cm high

PROVENANCE: From a Private West Dorset Collection.

Ivory Exemption Certificate Submission reference: Y89BU8PU

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There is a small section of mother of pearl missing fro the rockwork beneath the pine tree, on one of the cranes talons. This item will require cites for export. Old marks and scratches.