QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Cylindrical pots were one of the most popular and essential objects on a scholar’s desk. They appear in various sizes, and only the larger and sturdier type such as the present lot was used to store valuable scrolls in a scholar’s collection. It is relatively rare to find scroll pot in such massive size made with the precious material zitan, which is usually grown in narrow trunk. Other huanghuali examples are known such as the exceptionial huanghuali scroll pot, sold at Christie’s New York, Auspicious Treasures from the Blumenfield Collection, 22 March 2012, lot 1309.