Chinese Crackle Glaze Brush Pot with Figural Scene & Seal Mark

Annihilate the landfill, hold your pens in centuries-old ceramic tradition

A proper scholar's brush pot (bitong) in the Chinese tradition, featuring a gorgeous Ge-style crackle glaze over hand-painted figural scenes of robed scholars in a garden setting. The polychrome enameling in iron red, cobalt blue, and green depicts classical literati scenes with architectural elements. Base bears a six-character seal mark. The intentional craquelure is beautifully developed throughout, with the characteristic unglazed brown rim. Measures approximately 4.5" tall by 2.5" diameter—perfect desk scale.

The D'Beetle Difference • Authentic Crackle Glaze Technique: The deliberate Ge-style craquelure creates a web of fine lines throughout the celadon-tinted ground. Brown 'iron wire' crackling adds depth and historical gravitas.

• Hand-Painted Scholarly Scenes: Multiple robed figures in traditional dress amid garden pavilions and flowering branches. Each side offers a different vignette in the famille verte palette.

• Seal Mark Attribution: Six-character seal mark on recessed base in underglaze blue. Likely 20th century production in traditional Qing style—priced accordingly.

Pricing: $65–$95 (firm, no haggling)

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