A BISCUIT AND BLUE-GLAZED FIGURE OF A SCHOLAR AT HIS DESK Qianlong Expertly modelled as a contemplative scholar with his right elbow raised supporting his head, perhaps day-dreaming, his arm resting against a desk with textile frontage, filled with writing paraphernalia including brushpot with brushes, inkstone and brush rest, the robe and frontage covered in a thick translucent sky-blue glaze. 15.5cm (6 1/8in) high. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清乾隆 藍釉書生人物像 Provenance: Jorge Welsh Ltd., London The Marsh collection, London, acquired from the above on 3 November 2012 Published and Illustrated: S.Marsh, Brushpots: A Collector's View, Hong Kong, 2020, p.2 M.White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.4, n.p, 2023, p.168 來源：倫敦古董商Jorge Welsh Ltd. 墨一閑舊藏，倫敦，從上處獲得于2012年11月3日 著錄：S.Marsh，《筆筒淵鑒：收藏家的隨心所悟》，香港，2020年，第2頁 M.White，《Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection》，第4冊，無出版地，2023年，第168頁 Compare with three related blue-glazed and biscuit-fired figures of women, early 18th century, probably Fujian, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol.1, London, 2016, pp.90-91. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing