Details
The first, a rectangular brush pot, is carved on three sides with walled garden scenes and on one side with lotus; the second, a cylindrical brush pot, is molded and carved on the sides with a continuous garden scene with 'The Three Friends of Winter', prunus, pine, and bamboo; the third, a brush pot, is molded on the exterior with a Buddhist lion and its cubs playing with brocade balls amidst clouds; the fourth, a small box and cover, is molded in the form of a recumbent Buddhist lion; the fifth, a bowl, is reticulated on the sides with Chinese characters, fu, lu, shou, qian and qiu within medallions on a cash-motif ground.
312 in. (8.9 cm.) high; 4 in. (10 cm.) high; 434 in. (12 cm.) high; 214 in. (5.5 cm.) wide; 412 in. (11.3 cm.) diam.


Provenance
First and second:
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1924.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924.

Third, fourth and fifth:
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1925.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1925.


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