A Chinese blue and white 'birds' slender brush pot, bitong A Chinese blue and white 'birds' slender brush pot, bitong A Chinese blue and white 'birds' slender brush pot, bitong A Chinese blue and white 'birds' slender brush pot, bitong A Chinese blue and white 'birds' slender brush pot, bitong

A Chinese blue and white 'birds' slender brush pot, bitong

Reference: ART1003319

The cylindrical brush pot is delicately decorated in underglaze blue with two chicks perched on a gnarled branch executed in washed blue tones. The feathers of the birds are finely detailed. The base with the seal mark 'yuan wen wu guo zhi zhai' in underglaze blue, which is attributed to Wang Bu.

Catalogue note: A meiping with the exact same subject of two birds perched on a branch, with two seals, one of the artist and the other 'yuan wen wu guo zhi zhai', was sold at Bonhams San Francisco, 23 June 2015, lot 7258. A slender brush pot with a similar subject of two birds by the same artist (with the artist's mark) was sold at Bonhams San Francisco, 10 December 2015, lot 8170.