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Ming Dynasty
The cylindrical vessel thinly potted and decorated with incised designs of formal scrolling lotus and billowing clouds, glazed in bright blue, turquoise and light cream, the top with five openings to hold brushes and ink sticks. 13.5cm (5 1/8in) diam.
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Porcelain stands for brushes and ink cakes were popular in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the present shape, as recorded by the late Ming scholar Wen Zhenheng in his Changwu Ji (Gerald Tsang and Hugh Moss, Arts from the Scholars Studio, exhibition catalogue, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 226). Indeed, the portrait of philosopher Wang Yangming depicts him at his desk besides just such a drum-shaped stand (ibid.).
Examples of brush and ink stands from the Jiajing period, but in blue and white porcelain, are in the collection of the British Museum, nos. OA 1973.7-26.3.368; OA 1984.2-2.31; and OA 1901.7-20.2. No. OA 1973.7-26.3.368 is particularly similar in shape to the present lot.