BAMBOO BRUSHPOT PEACOCK

PEACOCK BAMBOO BRUSHPOT
QING PERIOD 1644 to 1911

The colour of this brush pot is : Medium brown with varying shades, it appears lighter in the images.

A peacock brush pot standing on four cloud feet.
The collar decorated with a rolling stylised cloud formation skyline.
A large peacock with outspread tail feathers standing on the trunk of a knotted grape vine, leafage and trailing stems, grape bunches.
Another peacock visible behind a rock formation.
Mountains in the distance, peonies growing.
Calligraphy.

Formerly the property of a Japanese collector - acquired over 40 years ago.

Please Note... depending on your computer monitor / phone / ipad etc. colour may vary to actual.

Condition: Very good, used, hairlines commensurate with age.
Refer the large images for details & condition.
Height about : 14.3 cm
Diameter about: 11.24 cm
Weight about: 249 grams
A$395


In Chinese The peacock symbolizes beauty and dignity as well as the desire for peace and prosperity.
The ancient Chinese believed that one glance from a peacock could make a woman pregnant.
Xi Wang Mu (西王母), the Queen Mother of the West, sometimes rode a peacock as a means of transportation instead of a stork