Antique Chinese Qing Biscuit Porcelain Scholar's Brush Pot Bitong Gold Fish 1850 Sold A very elegant antique 19th

A very elegant antique 19th century KPM porcelain hand-painted & gilded lidded bowl/tureen

and to Europe in the summer of 1914

Cardo Gallery

The barometer housed in a 'rope twist' oak case with a brass bezel

Many of these were executed on copper

Antique Chinese Qing Biscuit Porcelain Scholar's Brush Pot Bitong Gold Fish 1850 Sold A very elegant antique 19thA rare antique 19th century Chinese Qing Dynasty, Daoguang period porcelain bitong or scholar's brushpot, by Wang Bingrong (1820 1875) , circa 1850. This very beautiful brushpot of cylindrical form, having an exterior carved in relief with six gold fish swimming amongst water weeds, their eyes with black glaze. The text above reads; "The Pleasures of Fishes" (Yu Le Tu), the design is a classic Chinese art motif, often associated with with themes of