Chinese scholar's brush pots, also known as brush holders, are decorative containers used to hold writing brushes. They have a long history in Chinese art and culture, dating back to the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD).

The earliest brush pots were made of jade or other precious materials, and were typically used by members of the imperial court or wealthy scholars. During the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD), brush pots became more widely used by scholars and artists, and were often made of porcelain, lacquer, or wood.

In the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 AD), the art of brush pot making reached its peak, with many elaborate and ornate examples being produced. These brush pots were often decorated with intricate designs, including landscapes, figures, and calligraphy.

During the Qing dynasty (1644-1912 AD), brush pots continued to be produced, but the style became more restrained and refined. Qing dynasty brush more...

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A large blue and white Qing Dynasty brush pot with waisted…

Blue and White Qing Dynasty Brush Pot

A large blue and white Qing Dynasty brush pot with waisted shape, decorated to the exterior with a mountain and river scene, the base partly glazed and burnt slightly orange in the firing, the brush pot possibly as old as 17th century length 16 cm.…

A Chinese famille rose brush pot (possibLY a zhadou), with…

Famille Rose Brush Pot with Birds and Flowers

A Chinese famille rose brush pot (possibLY a zhadou), with birds and flowers. Guangru. (1875-1908) mark underneath. Height 11 cm

A Chinese late Qing style porcelain brush pot, decorated with…

Late Qing Porcelain Brush Pot with Floral and Bird Motifs

A Chinese late Qing style porcelain brush pot, decorated with flowers and bird poem to reverse. Possibly Guangxu reign period. Height 11 cm

A pair of exceptionally rare 19th century Tongzhi Chinese…

Rare Chinese Porcelain Brushpots with Ormolu Mounts

A pair of exceptionally rare 19th century Tongzhi Chinese porcelain brushpots, with French ormolu mounts. Canton famille rose decoration of birds, butterflies and flowers, on turquoise background below a pendulum border. The gilt bronze mounts have rope…

A Chinese polychrome brush pot. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period…

Kangxi Polychrome Brush Pot with Scholar Scene

A Chinese polychrome brush pot. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Decorated with a continuous scene of scholars and their attendants and having a Studio commendation mark underside, Wen Zhang Shan Dou, translating as 'Scholarship High As the…

A Chinese decorative porcelain brushpot with polychrome enamel…

Chinese Polychrome Enamel Brushpot with Scholar's Decorations

A Chinese decorative porcelain brushpot with polychrome enamel scholar's at play decoration. Height 11.5 cm. Diameter 7.5 cm

A Chinese porcelain cylindrical brush pot, decorated with a…

Monk Devotion Porcelain Brush Pot

A Chinese porcelain cylindrical brush pot, decorated with a monk at his devotion before a rocky shrine set with scrolls and other objects. Signed above the painting Wang Gu. Height 11.5 cm

A fine Chinese porcelain square section brush pot, each panel…

Chinese Calligraphic Poetry Brush Pot

A fine Chinese porcelain square section brush pot, each panel decorated with rows of fine calligraphic poetry in black enamel, overglaze, framed within tablet forms and with red seal marks to each panel, the frames decorated with underglaze blue foliate…

Three Chinese multi-coloured decorated porcelain pieces, 20th…

Chinese Decorated Porcelain Set, 20th Century

Three Chinese multi-coloured decorated porcelain pieces, 20th century, comprising a famille rose drum shaped brush pot 14.5 cm high, another brush pot 12 cm high and a Doucai jar and cover 13 cm high

A Chinese famille rose brush pot, cylindrical form, painted…

Famille Rose Crane Brush Pot

A Chinese famille rose brush pot, cylindrical form, painted decoration of cranes in a coastal landscape, lustrous finish to the gold band. Six character marks in overglaze red to the foot. Height 11 cm.

A famille rose brush pot, of domed near rectangular form with…

Famille Rose Brush Pot with Narrative Scenes

A famille rose brush pot, of domed near rectangular form with an inverted opening decorated in typical rose, blue and emerald shades with figures in continuous narrative scenes; an iron red seal underside. Height 5.5 cm. Width 10 cm. Depth 7.5 cm.

Three Japanese Hirado porcelain items. 2 hexagonal brush pots,…

Japanese Hirado Porcelain Set: Brush Pots and Vase

Three Japanese Hirado porcelain items. 2 hexagonal brush pots, pierced design; and cylindrical vase. All blue and white dec. Height 17 cm (Tallest)

A Chinese 'peach and bat' brushpot, Qianlong six-character…

Chinese Republic Period Blue and White Brushpot with Peaches

A Chinese 'peach and bat' brushpot, Qianlong six-character blue-and-white seal mark, Republic period, of cylindrical form, painted on two opposing panels with peaches and bats, alternating with two pierced panels, all between two gold-painted bands…

A Chinese mille-fleur decorated brushpot, Guangxu period, early…

Mille-fleur Brushpot with Famille Rose Enamels and Gilt

A Chinese mille-fleur decorated brushpot, Guangxu period, early 20th century, well decorated with flowers in famille rose enamels and gilt, double-foot rim to the base and gilt mouth-rim, iron red mark. 13.7 cm high, 16.4 cm diameter. Provenance: Private…

A Chinese blue and white waisted brush pot, 20th century,…

Chinese Blue and White Brush Pot with Kangxi Mark

A Chinese blue and white waisted brush pot, 20th century, painted with figures in a landscape, Kangxi six character mark, fitted hardwood base and box. 11 cm high, 10.8 cm diameter. Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong between 1957 and 1968 and brought to…

A Chinese cylindrical blue and white footed brushpot, early…

Kangxi Blue and White Brushpot

A Chinese cylindrical blue and white footed brushpot, early Kangxi, late 17th century. Well painted in vibrant cobalt, with floral motifs, a double-ring under the base. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne

A Chinese porcelain brush pot. Decorated in relief with dragons…

Qianlong Dragon and Phoenix Porcelain Brush Pot

A Chinese porcelain brush pot. Decorated in relief with dragons and phoenix in a turquoise/green glaze. Incised Qianlong mark. Height 17 cm

Unusual Chinese Canton enamel decorated beehive brush pot.…

Chinese Canton Enamel Beehive Brush Pot

Unusual Chinese Canton enamel decorated beehive brush pot. Decorated with eight Buddhist emblems on a pale blue ground, exposed bronze rim and foot rim, with four character Yongxheng (1723-1735) reign mark in blue enamel to underside. Age uncertain but…

Chinese blue and white dragon phoenix pattern brush pot. C.…

Blue and White Dragon Phoenix Brush Pot

Chinese blue and white dragon phoenix pattern brush pot. C. 1930, with Yongzheng mark to base. Height 13 cm

Beautifully glazed beehive shaped brush pot. Covered in a…

Peach Bloom Glazed Beehive Brush Pot with Apocryphal Mark

Beautifully glazed beehive shaped brush pot. Covered in a bright peach bloom glaze which has transmuted to green in places. Running out to a level line at the foot rim. The underside bearing a six character, underglaze blue Kangxi (1662-1722AD) reign mark…

A Chinese Jiangxi porcelain cylindrical brush pot with painted…

Jiangxi Porcelain Brush Pot with Figural Decoration

A Chinese Jiangxi porcelain cylindrical brush pot with painted enamel figural decoration. Height 11 cm

Collection 12 various Chinese blue and white porcelain items,…

Assorted Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Collection

Collection 12 various Chinese blue and white porcelain items, including lidded rectangular box; 7 small dishes; two brush pots; vase; and square bowl. Height 10 cm. (BrusHeight pots)

Five various Chinese porcelain items, including two brush pots;…

Assorted Chinese Porcelain Items

Five various Chinese porcelain items, including two brush pots; cracked glaze frog form water dropper; jar (missing lid); and small dish. Height 12 cm. (average for brusHeight pots)

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, of hexagonal section, decorated…

Chinese porcelain brush pot with winter river landscape

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, of hexagonal section, decorated with an unusual winter river landscape. With calligraphic inscription and seal marks to one panel; seal mark in red under the foot. Height 17.5 cm

Chinese famille verte brush pot. Mountain landscape decoration…

Republic Period Chinese Famille Verte Brush Pot

Chinese famille verte brush pot. Mountain landscape decoration Signed with seal mark. Red seal mark to base. Republic period. Height 14 cm. Depth 12 cm

A Chinese export blue and white brush pot. Decorated with…

Chinese Blue and White Brush Pot with Figurative Scenes

A Chinese export blue and white brush pot. Decorated with Chinese figurative scenes. Height 12 cm. Diameter 13 cm

Chinese polychrome pottery brush pot with Qing mark to base, 12.…

Qing Marked Polychrome Pottery Brush Pot

Chinese polychrome pottery brush pot with Qing mark to base, 12.5 cm high

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, apparently mid Qing Dynasty…

Dragon-decorated Qing Dynasty porcelain brush pot

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, apparently mid Qing Dynasty (1723-1735), of square cushion form with all four sides decorated with finely painted contesting dragons upon a delicately incised pale turquoise ground; with Yongzheng marks underside. Height 3.5…

A white Chinese porcelain brush pot, possibly mid to late 19th…

Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot with Shrimp and Carp Scene

A white Chinese porcelain brush pot, possibly mid to late 19th century, a lovely continuous impressed and applied scene of shrimp and carp in a lotus water garden; the impressed mark of Wang Bing Rong underside. Height 16 cm. Diameter 11.5 cm

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, qianlong period, mid to late…

Sang de Boeuf Porcelain Brush Pot

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, qianlong period, mid to late 18th century, a beautiful and rich sang de boeuf glazed pot of compressed ovoid form with a small cream rim and raised upon a low circular ring foot. Height 5 cm. Diameter 10 cm

A Chinese ceramic blue and white brush pot, of rectangular…

Chinese Blue and White Ceramic Brush Pot

A Chinese ceramic blue and white brush pot, of rectangular block form and raised on low bracket feet, with applied circle and fan motifs on two sides, the other two faces with fine underglaze scenes of a pavilion in a mountainous and lakeside landscape.…

Chinese pottery brush pot, with calligraphy, 15.5 cm high…

Chinese Calligraphy Pottery Brush Pot

Chinese pottery brush pot, with calligraphy, 15.5 cm high approx.

A Chinese porcelain brushpot, 14 cm

Chinese Porcelain Brushpot, 14cm Height

A Chinese porcelain brushpot, 14 cm

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, with ox blood glaze which has…

Ox Blood Glazed Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, with ox blood glaze which has overrun foot. Inside and underside with crackle glaze. Height 10 cm

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, decorated with birds and flowers…

Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot with Birds and Flowers

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, decorated with birds and flowers in a natural setting, floral borders. Cylindrical form with flared foot. Height 18 cm

A Chinese under glaze blue brush pot with continuous landscape.…

Chinese Blue Landscape Pottery Set

A Chinese under glaze blue brush pot with continuous landscape. Together with a jar, cover, candle holder and two plates, one with fish decoration the other with quail. Brush pot 13 cm high.

19th century Chinese blue and white plate. Together with a…

Chinese Blue and White Plates and Brush Pot Set

19th century Chinese blue and white plate. Together with a brush pot, and two other Chinese plates, and a vegetable dish. Largest 28 cm.

Early Cantonese cylindrical brush pot with Jiaqing mark the…

Cantonese Brush Pot and Elephant Jug Set

Early Cantonese cylindrical brush pot with Jiaqing mark the vase with figures in landscape together with a under glazed blue cylindrical jug with moulded elephant handle 31 and 35 cm high.

Chinese blue pottery stationery set, with applied cherry…

Cherry Blossom Pottery Stationery Set

Chinese blue pottery stationery set, with applied cherry blossom, comprising a brush pot, two boxes and covers, two small brush washing pots, a joystick rest, incense powder container and a paperweight.

An old Chinese sang de boeuf glazed brush pot of tall mildly…

Chinese Sang de Boeuf Glazed Brush Pot

An old Chinese sang de boeuf glazed brush pot of tall mildly waisted open cylindrical form, striking red exterior glaze thinning at the top rim, pale glaze to the interior. Height 15.5 cm, diameter 14.2 cm

A famille rose 'chrysanthemum' brushpot, attributed to Wang Bu…

Famille Rose Chrysanthemum Brushpot by Wang Bu

A famille rose 'chrysanthemum' brushpot, attributed to Wang Bu finely decorated with a branch of chrysanthemums of varying colours, inscribed with a poem, signed and sealed Wang Bu, short foot rim, the base with a square seal in red enamel, 14.9 cm high.…

A Chinese hexagonal famille rose brush pot, Six character red…

Famille Rose Brush Pot with Jiaqing Mark and Landscapes

A Chinese hexagonal famille rose brush pot, Six character red Jiaqing mark against a turquoise ground standing on six ruyi-shaped feet, the mouth rim, feet, and the flanges with gilded outlines against a red ground, each side painted in a small central…

Chinese polychrome brush pot 13.5 cm high

Chinese Polychrome Brush Pot

Chinese polychrome brush pot 13.5 cm high

Chinese brush pot, late 19th century decorated in underglaze…

Blue Chinese Brush Pot with Woman and Child

Chinese brush pot, late 19th century decorated in underglaze blue with a woman and child. 11 cm high

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, of cylindrical form the body…

Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot with Rose and Foliage Design

A Chinese porcelain brush pot, of cylindrical form the body with a fine incised design overall and enamelled in a fresh apple green with a trailing crimson rose and foliage. Height 10 cm. Diameter 9 cm

Fine old Chinese blue & white brush pot

Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot

Fine old Chinese blue & white brush pot

Chinese powder blue glazed brush pot, seal mark to base, 15.5…

Chinese Powder Blue Glazed Brush Pot with Seal Mark

Chinese powder blue glazed brush pot, seal mark to base, 15.5 cm high

Chinese flambe glazed brush pot, 15.5 cm high, signed to base…

Chinese Flambe Glazed Brush Pot with Four Symbols

Chinese flambe glazed brush pot, 15.5 cm high, signed to base with four symbols

Selection of antique Chinese porcelain, blanc de chine figure…

Antique Chinese Porcelain Collection

Selection of antique Chinese porcelain, blanc de chine figure group, porcelain cylinder brush pot, sauce dish etc (4)

A large Chinese porcelain brush pot, cylindrical shape,…

Chinese Blue Porcelain Brush Pot with Calligraphic Poem

A large Chinese porcelain brush pot, cylindrical shape, decorated in underglaze blue with a calligraphic poem encircling the entire body. Height 21 cm, diameter 21.5 cm

Antique Chinese porcelain brush pot decorated in underglaze…

Imperial Dragon Brush Pot

Antique Chinese porcelain brush pot decorated in underglaze blue with two Imperial five clawed dragons contending the flaming pearl among clouds. The base bearing the 6 character Xianfeng reign mark. Original condition with minor wear only. Height 12 cm

A Chinese famille rose low walled brush pot, cylindrical with…

Famille Rose Brush Pot with Song Birds and Flowers

A Chinese famille rose low walled brush pot, cylindrical with slightly inverted rim, the walls decorated with three lozenge shaped panels painted with song birds and flowers, reserved on a turquoise background further patterned with stylised floral…

A large Chinese porcelain brush pot, finely decorated with a…

Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot with Mountain Village Decoration

A large Chinese porcelain brush pot, finely decorated with a village in a mountainous landscape and in10 scribed with a calligraphic poem, seal mark in red under the base. Height 15 cm, diameter 12.5 cm