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Chinese Bitong

18th century Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot (Bitong)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot, Bitong, an elegant simple form, well carved from one honey coloured
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Hardwood

Large Zitan Huanghuali Hardwood Brush Pot Bitong, Qing Dynasty, China
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large Zitan Huanghuali hardwood brush pot bitong, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, China Measures
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Zitan

Chinese Finley Moulded Ebonized Plaster Brush Pot Bitong Imitating Carved Zitan
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Chinese finely moulded ebonized plaster Brush pot bitong imitating carved zitan 20th century
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

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Plaster

Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Sgraffito Purple Ground Bitong Fine Decorated 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
This exceptional bitong brush pot is a masterwork in Chinese decorative art, dating back to the
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20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese 19C Bleu de Hue Bitong Butterflies Flowers Cobalt Blue Vietnamese
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Chinese porcelain Bitong (??) or Brushpots is a container for holding the brushes
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Export Brush Pot or Bitong Porcelain hand painted, Qing Circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
A Chinese Export porcelain brush pot or bitong, hand painted in a blue and white figural pattern
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique Dry Flower Vases, Chinese, Bamboo, Bitong, Brush Pot, Qing, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large pair of antique dry flower vases. A Chinese, hand-carved bamboo stem sleeve or
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Vases

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Bamboo

Artist Liang Ju Cheng Chinese Porcelain ProC Bitong Brushpot Water Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Large brush pot (29.5cm) with a relief decoration. Marked with a stamp Liang Ju Cheng. Bought in Hong Kong in 1993 so most likely 1980s or early 1990s Condition Overall condition...
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20th Century Chinese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Artist Liang Ju Cheng Chinese porcelain ProC Bitong Brushpot Water Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Large brush pot (29.5cm) with a relief decoration. Marked with a stamp Liang Ju Cheng. Bought in Hong Kong in 1993 so most likely 1980s or early 1990s Condition Overall Condition...
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20th Century Chinese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Tall Pair Of Antique Brush Pots, Chinese, Bamboo, Bitong, Flower Vase, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall pair of antique brush pots. A Chinese, hand-carved bamboo bitong or flower vase
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Vases

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Bamboo

Large Vintage Dry Flower Vase, Chinese, Bamboo, Brush Pot, Bitong, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage dry flower vase. A Chinese, hand-carved bamboo brush pot or bitong, dating
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Vases

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Bamboo

Artist Liang Ju Cheng Chinese Porcelain Proc Bitong Brushpot Water Lands, ca1980
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
& Pottery Region of Origin: China Period: 21st century PRoC (1949 - now) Condition: Overall Condition
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20th Century Chinese Vases

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Porcelain

Large Pair of Vintage Dry Flower Vases, Chinese, Bamboo, Bitong, Brush Pot, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large pair of vintage dry flower vases. A Chinese, hand-carved bamboo bitong or brush pot
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Vases

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Bamboo

Pair of Vintage Brush Pots, Chinese, Hand Carved Bamboo, Dry Flower Vase, Bitong
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage brush pots. A Chinese, hand-carved bamboo dry flower vase, dating to the
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Vases

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Bamboo

Vase / pot à pinceau / bitong en bambou sculpté - Chine - Qing 950XIXth
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Hand carved bamboo vase/brush pot/bitong. This hand-carved Chinese bamboo bitong or dried flower
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Victorian Antiquities

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Bamboo

Inlaid Shibuichi Bitong / Vase in Lovely Shape, Landscape, Meiji 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Meiji Period (1868-1912), Japan A small brush pot with an inaid scene of a man standing in a garden. Marked on the base with five impressed characters. Condition Very good...
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stoneware brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stoneware brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Porcelain

Chinese Zitan Brush Pot with Soapstone Inlay, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This beautiful example is carved
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Soapstone

Blue and White Brush Pot with Fish & Flora
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stoneware brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Koi & Lotus
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots...

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Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Fish & Flora
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stoneware brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Birds and Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

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Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Birds and Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Birds and Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Koi & Lotus
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Shan Shui Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars

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Porcelain

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By Gu Yeli
Located in London, GB
An antique salvaged bench upcycled and reworked by the artist/maker, Gu Yeli. In her hands abandoned or unloved chairs and benches, unceremoniously dumped in Shanghai’s maze of alley...
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2010s Chinese Benches

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Textile, Wood

 'Antique Bench, Revisited'
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Antique Chinese Blue & White BW Wine Cup Qing Daoguang Mark 19th Century
Located in Richmond, CA
A fine Chinese porcelain wine cup, hand painted in underglaze blue with figures in various martial arts pursuits, with a four character Daoguang mark within the footring, and of the ...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Bamboo HeHe ErXian Group, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Chinese bamboo figural carving featuring the Taoist immortal twins of eternal youth, known as the HeHe ErXian, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Finely carved from a single ...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bamboo

China Pair Antique Hand Carved Stone Pedestals 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
Hard to Find Pair from the 19th Century From China's Qing dynasty (1644-1912) a hard to find pair (2) of limestone finely carved pedestals - perfect for displaying your indoor or o...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone, Limestone

Chinese Qing Dynasty Flambé Glazed Bottle Vase, Tianqiuping, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous Chinese monochrome red flambé glazed bottle vase, called a tianqiuping, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century. The voluptuous body of the vase of globular form, rising to br...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Vases

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Porcelain

18th Century Chinese Blue and White Kangxi Period Porcelain Covered Vase
Located in New York, NY
A Large 18th Century Chinese Blue and White Kangxi Period Porcelain Covered Vase/Jar. Of baluster form this covered vase is truly exceptional in quality, condition and size. The body...
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Antique 1720s Chinese Chinese Export Vases

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Porcelain

Chinese Export Six-Panel Silver Leaf Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Chinese export six-panel folding coromandel screen depicting flora and fauna. Constructed from lacquered wooden panels hand carved and painted. Features a rare silver leaf...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Brass, Silver Leaf

Fine Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Vase Bow Knot Gilt Gold Ribbon ROC Early 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A fine Chinese porcelain vase in "Gan Lan" (olive) form, wrapped in a coral red bow knot ribbon carved in relief, hand decorated in real gilt gold with flying bats and clouds. The v...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Garlic Mouth Vase, Kangxi Marks
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The globular body decorated with hand applied enamels depicting nobles taking tea while surrounded by attendants and small children. The slender neck rising to a bulbous mouth (seemi...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Huanghuali Horseshoe Back Armchairs
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pair of 19th century Chinese Huanghuali horseshoe back Armchair, with very good patina. Some restoration. Contact dealer for more information.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Armchairs

Antique Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Vase Qing Dynasty 19th Century
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Vase with Hand-Painted Enamels Qing Dynasty This lovely small antique Chinese Famille Rose vase hails from the late 19th century and is crafted from fin...
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Antique 1890s Chinese Ceramics

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Enamel

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowl
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a Antique Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowl. As you can see in the pictures, it is in very good conditions. It shows very neat unique design on it. There is the mark "Jin...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Yongzheng Mark Large Famille Noir Rouleau Porcelain Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Chinese famille noir porcelain vase hand painted with decorative panels with birds, animals and scholars objects dating from the early to mid-20th century. The...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Qing Dynasty A Antique Chinese Porcelain Gu Vase
Located in Brea, CA
Qing Dynasty an antique 19th century Chinese porcelain Gu vase decorated with shuangxi, the Measures: 9.25'' diameter x 16'' high.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Reverse Painted Glass and Hardwood Table Screen
Located in Austin, TX
An unusual table screen featuring a reverse glass painted portrait of a young noble lady set into a hardwood frame and stand. The beautiful maiden has a round face with a high foreh...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Glass, Hardwood

19th Century Pair of Mother of Pearl Inlay Chairs
Located in Pasadena, CA
A pair of 19th century Chinese mother of pearl inlaid rosewood chairs. Embellished arms, legs and back with an intricately carved splat. Sold as a pair.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Armchairs

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

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Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot, Bitong, Qing Dynasty
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Huanghuali Brush pot, Bitong, an elegant simple form, well carved from one honey colored
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Hardwood

Chinese Carved Lacquer Brushpot
Located in Wilton, CT
Elegantly Carved Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Brushpot (Ch. Bitong), Depicting the 18 Buddhist Luohans
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Lacquer

Massive Chinese Carved Huanghuali Brushpot
Located in Wilton, CT
Massive Carved Huanghuali Brushpot (Bitong). Sculpted to Simulate a Tree Root Form.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Sculptures

19thC Chinese, Blue & White, BRUSH POT ( BITONG), Porcelain, Kangxi Mark
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Beautifully painted in varying shades and tones of under-glaze blue showing figures in an imperial courtyard scene. There is also a figure with a bull to one side. The piece has a...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Bamboo Brush Container
Located in Chicago, IL
A Chinese calligrapher would work with many types of brushes of different thicknesses and sizes to
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bamboo

Chinese Bamboo Brush Container
Chinese Bamboo Brush Container
H 9 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in
Chinese Blue and White Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stoneware brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Large 19th Century Guangxu Period Chinese Porcelain Planter Depicting Four Noble Professions or Yuweng
Located in New York, NY
A large 19th Century Guangxu Period Chinese porcelain planter in brush holder shape (bitong) on a
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Large 19th Century Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot, Bitong
Located in Austin, TX
A large 19th century Qing dynasty huanghulai brush pot. Of simple cylindrical form. The wood displaying a lovely patina of rich honey brown, with an attractive, muted grain, remini...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Hardwood

Chinese Export Brush Pot or Bitong Porcelain, Hand Painted with Three Lion Dogs
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese export porcelain brush pot or Bitong hand painted in polychrome enamels
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Brush Pot or Bitong in Bamboo Finely Carved & Signed, Early 19thC. Qing
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a finely hand-carved Chinese bamboo scholars Brush Pot or bitong which we date to the early
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

19th Century Chinese Zitan Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-carved brush pot, bitong in Chinese, likely contained calligraphy brushes on a desk in a
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Zitan

19th Century Chinese Zitan Brush Pot
19th Century Chinese Zitan Brush Pot
H 8 in W 7.25 in D 6.5 in
Ancient Bronze Brush Holder, Qing Dynasty, China
Located in Roma, IT
Bronze brush holder, Qing Dynasty, China is an original artwork, a traditional Bitong, realized in
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Wooden Chinese Brush Pot with Bamboo Carvings, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This eye catching example is
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot Hand Painted in Under-Glaze Red, 18th Century Qing
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese porcelain Brush Pot or Bitong hand painted, under-glaze, in red / red
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Floral Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Floral Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Zitan Brushpot or Bitong
Located in Sarasota, FL
This exquisite brush pot (bitong) crafted from the much sought after Zitan wood. Zitan is rare
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Early 20th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Zitan

Antique Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Famille Verte Brush Pot Bitong
Located in Wilton, CT
Great Kangxi famille verte brush pot depicting an official at work, and perhaps, later, enjoying his retirement, circa 1700. 5 1/4" high, 4 1/16" diameter. Damaged and repaired, two ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

A Large Chinese Scholar's Bitong (Brushpot) from the Rare Huanghauli Wood
Located in Sarasota, FL
A beautifully carved Chinese scholar's Bitong (calligraphy brush pot) from the very desirable and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Rare Chinese Blue and White Brushpot
Located in Wilton, CT
Rare and Fine Chinese Blue and White Brushpot (Ch. Bitong), Exquisitely Painted in Rich Cobalt Blue
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Ceramics

Chinese Republic Period Bronze Brush Pot
Located in Seattle, WA
Chinese silver gilt bronze bitong, or brush pot. Of cylindrical form supported on three bracket
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20th Century Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze, Vermeil, Silver

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Chinese Bitong For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the Chinese bitong you’re looking for. Frequently made of ceramic, porcelain and wood, every Chinese bitong was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect Chinese bitong — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each Chinese bitong bearing hallmarks is very popular.

How Much is a Chinese Bitong?

The average selling price for a Chinese bitong at 1stDibs is $2,900, while they’re typically $1,500 on the low end and $8,500 for the highest priced.