POT A PINCEAUX EN JADE VERT EPINARD SCULPTE, BITONG

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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POT A PINCEAUX EN JADE VERT EPINARD SCULPTE, BITONG
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
De forme cylindrique, il repose sur trois petits pieds. La panse est sculptée d'une scène continue représentant deux daims au pied d'une pagode dans un paysage de montagnes traversées par une rivière aux rives arborées. Le col est rehaussé de nuages ; petits accidents.
Hauteur: 12,2 cm. (4¾ in.), Diamètre: 13,6 cm. (15 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Private collection, France

Further details

A CARVED SPINACH-GREEN JADE BRUSH POT, BITONG
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

The present brushpot is superbly carved and would have been an important addition to the desk of a successful scholar or official. It is replete with auspicious symbolism. On the front of the brushpot, two deers are resting next to a pavilion. The deer (lu) is a pun for 'road' (lu), and two deers stand for 'all roads', or for all things going smoothly. They are represented next to lingzhi and pine trees. All together they convey wishes of immortality and longevity.
See comparable spinach jade bitong from The Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 2006, pl.169 and 170.

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