A SMALL ZITAN 'IMITATION BURLWOOD' BRUSHPOT, BITONG, QINGChina, 18th-19th century. Carved with a textured exterior detailed with varying sizes of burls and knots, the wood of a dark reddish-brown color detailed with characteristic short streaks.Provenance: Estate of Sear Hang Hwie Pao (1937-2009). Previously acquired at Sotheby's during the 1980s or 1990s (according to auction label). Old collector's label to base. Pao was one of Canada's leading dealers of Chinese porcelain and works of art. His antique store, Pao & Moltke Ltd., owned together with his wife Mrs. von Moltke, who descended from a German and Danish noble family, was a fixture in Toronto's trendy Yorkville area from the 1980's to early 2000's.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, occasional light scratches and small nicks, and some minor natural age cracks.Weight: 98.3 gDimensions: Height 10.3 cmAuction result comparison: A related zitan brush pot in imitation of burlwood, together with a zitan scroll pot and of considerably larger size, was offered by Sotheby's Hong Kong in Chinese Art on 3-4 December 2015, lot 591, bought-in at an estimate of HKD 120,000-180,000.清代木瘤形紫檀木筆筒中國,十八至十九世紀。仿木瘤狀,深紅棕色木料,紫檀木特有的短條紋。 來源:Sear Hang Hwie Pao (1937-2009) 遺產。之前是1980或1990年代在蘇富比拍賣行(根據拍賣標籤)購得的。 底座可見老收藏家的標籤。Pao是加拿大中國瓷器和藝術品的主要經銷商之一。 他和妻子創立了Pao&Moltke Ltd古玩店,妻子von Moltke夫人是德國和丹麥貴族後裔。他們的古玩店從1980年代到2000年代初期曾是多倫多時尚的Yorkville地區的熱門店鋪。 品相:品相良好,輕微磨損,局部輕微的划痕,小刻痕,一些輕微年代裂紋。 重量:98.3 克 尺寸:高10.3 厘米 拍賣結果比較:一件相似木瘤型紫檀筆筒,更大尺寸,一同與另一件拍品,見香港蘇富比 Chinese Art 拍場2015年12月 3-4日 lot 591, 估價HKD 120,000-180,000.