A Chinese porcelain famille verte brush pot, bitong, painted with a panel enclosing Kuixing, the god of examinations, standing on one leg on the head of a dragon fish emerging from crested waves while holding a brush in one hand and a bushel-measure in the other, his scantly clad torso with a large green ribbon and wearing gilt rings on his ankles.
The reverse with Chinese calligraphy seal marks.
Height: 14 cm.
Diameter: 10 cm.