AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOT, BITONG
the brushpot Kangxi, the French mounts by Boin-Taburet, Paris, 1860-1900
Painted around the brushpot in a continuous scene with an elegant lady in green robes holding a child clutching a flower spray a gentleman dressed in iron-red robes similarly holding a flower, nearby a youth holds a staff topped with a figure of Kuixing, the immortal of civil examinations, nearby stands a large table supporting a vase of peony, a censer and a qin, the gilt-bronze rim with two ram-mask, the base supported on four lion paw feet with acanthus leaf knees.
6 3/4in (17.1cm) high overall
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清康熙 五彩人物故事筆筒 裝法國巴黎Boin-Taburet 1860-1900年製鎏金銅邊飾

In 1860 the goldsmith Georges Boin joined forces with the jeweler Émile Taburet to form Boin-Taburet. Here is a perfect example of the productions of their output strongly influenced by the masterpieces of the 18th century: this Kangxi brushpot in gilded ormolu mounts bears the stamp to the underside of the base, 'Bointaburet a Paris' and the hallmark of the master goldsmith 'G.B'(George Boin) followed by the number 39252 followed by a smaller number 12. This is followed by an incised inscription reading 'I, 4235-LOF- gaa la paire (or paine).

The Maison Boin-Taburet participated in many of the international Paris fairs and exhibitions, in particular those of 1878, 1889, and 1900.

For an ormolu-mounted famille verte brushpot painted with a larger figure of Kuixing to one side, see Doyles, 20 September 2023, lot 172 (6 1/2in high); for a similar-sized brushpot depicting Kuixing, the god of literature, to one side, see Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2019, Kangxi: The Jie Rui Tang Collection, Part II, lot 357.