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Lot Essay
Most of the spinach green jade brushpots known are carved with landscapes and figures and dated from the Qianlong period.
The present example carved in high relief to depict a complex pattern of dragons, writhing and partially emerging out of dense clouds can be compared to brushwashers of the late Ming and early Qing periods such as the brushwasher sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 29 May 2007, lot 1401, or the basin illustrated in René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, The Asian Museum of San Francisco, Kodansha International 1977, p. 94.
For spinach green jade brushpots decorated with landscapes and figures, see Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1995, pl. 170.
The present example carved in high relief to depict a complex pattern of dragons, writhing and partially emerging out of dense clouds can be compared to brushwashers of the late Ming and early Qing periods such as the brushwasher sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 29 May 2007, lot 1401, or the basin illustrated in René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, The Asian Museum of San Francisco, Kodansha International 1977, p. 94.
For spinach green jade brushpots decorated with landscapes and figures, see Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1995, pl. 170.