of slightly waisted cylindrical form, rising to a gently rounded rim and supported on a slightly splayed, chamfered low foot, the exterior carved on one side with a six-line inscription in running script, the other with a six-character auspicious wish in seal script reading da fu gui yi shou cao ('may you have wealth and longevity') and signed Zhou Li

Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection.
Nicholas Grindley, New York, March 2013.

Karen Thomson, ed., The Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection, Montreal, 2015, pls 173-173a.

There is a consolidated vertical split to the rim. Otherwise the brushpot is in overall good condition with expected age cracks to the rim and foot. Some age-related wear to the surface, as can be expected.
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Zhou Li, hao name Yunyan, was from a family of well-known carvers. He was the nephew of the famous carver, Zhou Hao (1685-1773), an all-round literary craftsman and artist but best known for his work with bamboo.