A BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH POT, BITONG TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, MID-17TH CENTURY The exterior of the body is finely decorated with a continuous scene depicting 'Washing the Elephant', sao xiang, with one servant holding a broom and a long hook standing on the back of the animal beside a water-filled wooden tub. Another figure wearing loose robes and military boots watches the scene from beneath a tree, all between an incised band to the mouth rim and the foot rim. 7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) high Provenance With Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art, the Netherlands, 25 November 1998.
A BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH POT, BITONG TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, MID-17TH CENTURY The exterior of the body is finely decorated with a continuous scene depicting 'Washing the Elephant', sao xiang, with one servant holding a broom and a long hook standing on the back of the animal beside a water-filled wooden tub. Another figure wearing loose robes and military boots watches the scene from beneath a tree, all between an incised band to the mouth rim and the foot rim. 7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) high Provenance With Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art, the Netherlands, 25 November 1998.
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