A Chinese blue and white octagonal brush and ink-stick stand

A Chinese blue and white octagonal brush and ink-stick stand
16th/early 17th Century
The slightly convex top moulded with rectangular and circular apertures for brushes and ink-sticks, supported to the interior by a cylindrical column, the apertures separated by flower-sprays, the exterior painted with pairs of birds perched on flowering branches, firing crack
11.7 cm. diam.