BFE 45 A blue and white sander

清康熙 青花吸墨粉罐

Kangxi period (1662-1722)

The sander is of cylindrical form and has a separate perforated cover.
It is of cylindrical form and is painted around the body with birds in flight and perched on flowering branches of prunus between rocks between chevron borders. The rounded foot is painted with demi-flower heads. The domed cover is pierced wit thirty-seven holes encircled by a chevron border.

Height: 7 cm

The sander is part of the utensils for the writing desk and is used to dry the ink which is still wet by strewing sand.
It is made after a Dutch pewter model ( see photo)

An identical sander in the Museum Princessehof,  Leeuwarden, is illustrated by D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer in Chine de Commande, Hilversum 1966, pl. 105

BFE 45 清康熙 青花吸墨粉罐
時代：清康熙，1662至1722年。
特徵：圓柱形吸墨粉罐，附帶孔的蓋子。外壁周畫花鳥，圓足上亦飾花卉。
尺寸：高7公分。