19TH CENTURY

Details

A SMALL GREEN JADE BRUSH POT
19TH CENTURY
The sides deeply and finely carved with a continuous landscape of pine trees and rocks, with two scholars standing on a ledge on one side, and two further figures on a higher ledge below the rim on the reverse, the stone of rich dark green color
4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm.) high, wood stand

Provenance

William Low.
Mrs. George Vetleson Collection; sold, Sotheby's, New York 3-4 October 1972, lot 101.
The House of Jade Ltd., New York.

Literature

Stanely Charles Nott, Chinese Jade Carvings of the XVI to the XIX Century in the Collection of Mrs. George Vetleson, vol. 1, pp. 38-40, no. 58.

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Lot Essay

A small green jade brush pot of similar size (12.2 cm.), carved with two immortals in a landscape scene with pavilions, from the collection of E.J.C. Vint, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3 December 2008, lot 2602, where it was dated to the 18th century.

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