Lot 116 , A Chinese enamelled porcelain ‘Li Tieguai’ brushpot, bitong, Republic period

A Chinese enamelled porcelain ‘Li Tieguai’ brushpot, bitong, Republic period, painted in iron red and black enamels with the characterful figure of the immortal Li Tieguai, holding lingzhi fungus, leaning against a giant gourd, his iron crutch and sandals strewn on the ground, the figures of a crane and a boy stoking a stove, apocryphal Qianlong mark, 14.6cm high, foot chip, wood stand
Provenance - Purchased by the vendor’s parents while living in Hong Kong from 1974–76.
£500-700

Condition:
Some light wear to the enamels. There’s a 7mm x 10mm splinter chip to the edge of the foot to the right of the figure of Li Tieguai, otherwise in good condition.

Sold for £800