A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'LOTUS SCROLL' BRUSHPOT, BITONG17th century Finely cast of cylindrical form and supported on a flat base, brightly enamelled around the exterior with a broad band of scrolling lotus picked out in blue, green, yellow and white enamels against a turquoise-blue ground, enclosed within chevron and segmented floret borders, the base enamelled with a yin-yang motif to the centre, framed within lingzhi -form petals and encircled by prunus sprays and cloud scrolls, the foot ring and rim gilt. 16cm (6 1/4in) high. 十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺琅洋蓮紋筆筒 Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 15 March 2017, lot 732 來源：蘇富比紐約，2017年3月15日，拍品732號 Published and Illustrated: S.Marsh, Brushpots: A Collector's View , Hong Kong, 2020, pp.152-153. 錄著：S.Marsh, 《Brushpots: A Collector's View》，香港，2020，頁152-153. Cloisonné brushpots dating to the late Ming or early Qing dynasty period are particularly rare.pare, however, a related slender cylindrical vase or brushpot, Kangxi, in the Brooklyn Museum (acc.no.09.457).pare also the decoration of lotus with those on a large hu vessel, first half 17th century, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection , London, 1989, no.127. A related cloisonné enamel brushpot but with decoration of flowers and insects, 17th century, is illustrated in ibid ., no.135.