Name: A BLUE AND WHITE BRUSHPOT
Brand: TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1635-1640
Price: 4000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

A BLUE AND WHITE BRUSHPOT
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1635-1640
The brushpot is painted with a scene of Western Zhou dynasty Emperor Wen Wang and his attendants bringing ministerial robes to Jiang Taigong by a river amidst a mountain landscape.
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high

Provenance
The Rende Zhai (House of Benevolent Learning) Collection, 1949-1970s, in the United States before 1990.

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Lot Essay

The scene illustrated on the present brushpot is taken from the Western Zhou dynasty legend of Wen Wang, also known as King Wen (1152-1056 BC). Among the sages he sought to help him rule his kingdom was Jiang Taigong, who had left the service of the Shang king because of his debauchery and corruption. King Wen found Taigong fishing by the Wei River and persuaded him to join his court, appointing him Prime Minister. This story was later adapted and incorporated into the Ming dynasty novel Fengshen Yanyi (The Investiture of the Gods).