A blue and white brushpot/ink-stick stand, Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century.
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Porcelain brush and ink-stick stand decorated in underglaze blue. This hollow drum-shaped stand has a slightly domed top with four circular openings and one rectangular opening. Decorated in underglaze blue with fishes and lotus in a pond. Diameter 13.2 cm. Height 9.3 cm.
The interior mid section with a break.
Provenance
From the Collection of Dr Emil Hultmark (1872-1943), Stockholm, thence by descent within the family until now.
With Hans Öström label no 712.
Dr Emil Hultmark was an art historian, collector, donor and patron of the arts. He combined important work as an art historian not only with the creation of one of the largest and most remarkable private art collections in Sweden, but also with the construction of an archive of Swedish artists and art craftsmen unparalleled in its extent, together with a library containing almost all that has been written about Swedish art.
Emil Hultmark was one of the co-founders of the ‘Kinaklubben’ (China Club) in Stockholm in the 1920's with Carl Kempe (1884-1967) and the Crown Prince Gustav Adolf. He is a well known collector and his beautiful home and summer house is well documented in the magazine 'Svenska Hem i ord och bild' in the 1930's, which provide us with a fascinating window into this golden age of European collecting.
Exhibitions
Exhibited at Svenska Allmänna Konstföreningen, Emil Hultmarks Samling, Stockholm 1942. Lot no 388.
Compare with brushpots/inkstands in the collection of the British Museum, Registration number PDF,B.605 and Registration number
1984,0202.31.
Compare also with one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Credit Line: Gift of S. Chait, 1917. Accession Number: 17.161.
This piece has a label that reads B. 98. x.