KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A DEHUA 'WENCHANG' GROUP
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The group is modelled with Wenchang, seated to the centre on an animal skin-covered throne beside two acolytes, all behind a table with a brush rest, pen, inkstone, and paper.
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high, hongmu stand

Provenance

An Australian Private Collection.

Exhibited

Marchant, Blanc de Chine, 2014, no. 40, p. 69.

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Lot Essay

Wenchang, the God of culture and literature, became very popular in the Qing dynasty and was worshipped by the literati, particularly candidates of the civil service examination.
See an identical group offered at Christie's London, 15 May 1995, lot 172.
Another example is illustrated by Robert H. Blumenfield in Blanc de Chine, The Great Porcelain of Dehua, p.74, pl. B.

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