*An unusual Chinese brass-mounted hardwood, possibly "zitan", brushpot guangxu mark and possibly of the period Of a dark, dense wood with fine wavy grain and rippled surface effect, interior, lip and base covered by brass with rivet and X pattern, underside incised with a four-character Guangxu mark. Approx. H: 7 1/8 in., 18.2cm; D: 7 1/8 in., 18.2cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, New Jersey, the original owner said to have been a missionary in the suburbs of Beijing in the 1920s Acquired by the present owner, 2016