Facetted Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot with Bird and Calligraphy Decoration
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Faceting - Faceting is a technique of removing material from a curved surface, to give a series of flat surfaces but retaining the profile of the original surface.
The technique is most commonly associated with diamond cutting where the various cuts used such as rose cut and brilliant cut, add life and sparkle to the stone, whilst at the same time removing as little of the stone as possible.
Faceting by grinding is also used to decorate glass. The stems of many drinking glasses are decorated by cutting a series of flat surfaces on a circular stem, and hollow vessels such as vases may have faceted surfaces.
In furniture faceting is often applied to legs of tables and chairs, where a circular baluster shaped section is flattened so as to form an octagonal section.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
A blue and white vase, 20th century, of square section, painted on the exterior with pairs of birds among different flowering plants and rockwork, with an inscription to one side, the base with a glazed square recess inscribed in underglaze blue with a sea
Blue and white cubed Chinese planter, approx 18m high, 19 cm square
A pair of 'Dayazhai' yellow-ground jardinieres, 20th century each of square section and steeply flared form supported on corner bracket feet, the sides decorated in grisaille with flowering prunus, chrysanthemum, bamboo and iris, with an oval iron-red and
'Wisden Cricketers' Almanack' for 1895, rebound in tan cloth, preserving original wrappers. G/VG.