Late 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Ancient Inscription Bitong

Description

Chinese porcelain ancient inscription bitong, a large brush pot with a white glazed body, interior and inset base. Su Dongpo's, … more Chinese porcelain ancient inscription bitong, a large brush pot with a white glazed body, interior and inset base. Su Dongpo's, "The Latter Red Cliff Record Rhapsody", in finely written, blue, kaishu script, is glazed to the exterior of the brushpot, along with a red, artemisia leaf, seal mark and a red, Xi Chao Chuan Gu, seal mark in Zhuanshu script within a square. A blue, four character, Wen Zhang Shan Dou, Kangxi, dedication mark is glazed to the inset base. The finely carved, traditional, Chinese, hongmu stand is included. Circa late 19th century, no later than early 20th.

Wen Zhang Shan Dou: Scholarship as high as the mountain and the Great Bear. (the Ursa Major constellation is the mythological home of the God of Literature)

Su Dongpo: Literary name, Su Shi (1036 - 1101)

The Latter Red Cliff Rhapsody: see last pic for translation

Xi Chao Chuan Gu: Transmitting Antiquity from the Court of Kangxi

Bitong: 6.625" high x 7.5" diameter

stand: 1.875" high x 8.875" diameter less