The larger brushpot is incised with a poem by the Tang-dynasty poet, Yuan Zhen, which can be translated as "the flickering shadow of flowers against the wall, one might suggest a jade-like figure is drawing near."
The larger 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high

Smaller: Nicholas Pitcher Oriental Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 2012.
Larger: Private collection, France.
S. Marchant and Son, London, 2007.

Larger: S. Marchant and Son, Blanc de Chine, London, November 2006, p. 122, no.81.

Larger: S. Marchant and Son, London, 1-17 November 2006.

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