Lot 62: Blue and White Square Brush Pot with Figural Decoration 青花人物纹四方笔筒

来源：于八十年代购自本地古董商店
Provenance: Acquired from a local antique shop in the 1980s

Diameter 口径 14 cm × 14cm Height 高 18.5 cm Foot Diameter 足径 14 cm × 14 cm

Estimate 估价: SGD 80,000 – SGD 120,000
Starting Price 起拍价: SGD 50,000

笔筒呈四方形，直腹，方底内凹，以青花为饰，外口沿及近足处绘卷草纹，四面绘人物故事及松石图案，青花发色浓重，人物大小比例得当，神态表现得淋漓尽致。该器青花采用分水工艺，借鉴了国画中的晕染笔法“墨分五色”，这也是康熙青花的一个典型特征。此笔筒传世稀有，素有“一方顶三圆”之价值，代表了康熙时期瓷器的最高水平。

The brush pot is of square form, with straight sides and a slightly recessed square base. It is decorated in underglaze blue. The outer rim and the area above the foot are painted with bands of scrolling foliage, while the four sides are decorated with figure-story scenes and pine-and-rock motifs. The cobalt blue is of a rich, deep tone; the figures are well proportioned, and their expressions and demeanour are rendered with remarkable vividness.

The underglaze-blue decoration employs the fenshui technique, drawing on the ink-wash effects of traditional Chinese painting, often described as “ink divided into five tones”. This is one of the defining characteristics of Kangxi-period blue-and-white porcelain. Square brush pots of this type are rare among surviving examples and have long been valued according to the saying, “one square piece equals three round ones”. The present brush pot represents the highest level of porcelain production of the Kangxi period.