Antique Chinese Qing Biscuit Porcelain Scholar's Brush Pot Bitong Gold Fish 1850 Sculpture earning a Mention Honorable for

earning a Mention Honorable for his efforts

A rare and unusual antique Freemasons cabinet

In 1831 he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under François-Édouard Picot

The bread bin is canted to the front and rear and is joined with dovetails

Antique Chinese Qing Biscuit Porcelain Scholar's Brush Pot Bitong Gold Fish 1850 Sculpture earning a Mention Honorable forA rare antique 19th century Chinese Qing Dynasty, Daoguang period porcelain bitong or scholar's brushpot, by Wang Bingrong (1820 1875) , circa 1850. This very beautiful brushpot of cylindrical form, having an exterior carved in relief with six gold fish swimming amongst water weeds, their eyes with black glaze. The text above reads; "The Pleasures of Fishes" (Yu Le Tu), the design is a classic Chinese art motif, often associated with with themes of