Lot Essay
Lingzhi fungus and wannianqing form a rebus, 'may your wishes come true for ten thousand years'. The two boys may represent double joy, and therefore the doubling of wishes.
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18TH CENTURY
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A FINE WHITE JADE BRUSHWASHER
18TH CENTURY
Well carved in the form of a large lingzhi fungus head borne on a gnarled stem which extends around the sides bearing leaves and smaller lingzhi fungi, with two smiling boys clinging to either edge of the rim, their hair tied in buns on the sides of their heads, one clutching a ruyi sceptre in his right hand, the other holding a stem of wannianqing in his left hand, the finely polished stone of even white color
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long, wood stand
18TH CENTURY
Well carved in the form of a large lingzhi fungus head borne on a gnarled stem which extends around the sides bearing leaves and smaller lingzhi fungi, with two smiling boys clinging to either edge of the rim, their hair tied in buns on the sides of their heads, one clutching a ruyi sceptre in his right hand, the other holding a stem of wannianqing in his left hand, the finely polished stone of even white color
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long, wood stand
Provenance
Stanley Charles Nott Collection.
Literature
Stanley C. Nott, Chinese Jades in the Stanley Charles Nott Collection, 1942, pp. 378-9, pl. LXXXIV, no. 74.