A LARGE CHINESE DOUCAI `FIGURAL` BRUSHPOT, BITONG KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with two similar scenes of a young scholar offering a jue and a book to an official in a fenced garden, divided by stylised shou characters, the base with a recessed glazed circle, 18.2cm wide. Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from Jan van Beers Oriental Art, London, on 9th May 2011, a copy of the original invoice is available. The subject is a ceremony called the jia guan jin jue, which is to commemorate an official`s promotion to the rank of nobility.