CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE

Details

REPOSE-PINCEAUX EN JADE CELADON
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE
Il représente une carpe à tête de dragon couchée au-dessus des flots tumultueux formant sa base.
Longueur: 8,8 cm. (3 ½ in.)

Provenance

Previously in a French private collection.

Further details

A CELADON JADE 'DRAGON-CARP' BRUSH REST
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

Such objects were often made as accoutrements for a scholar’s studio. This auspicious imagery is symbolic of the mythical legend of the carp reaching the upper courses of the Yellow River and leaping up the rapids at Dragon Gate where it transforms into a dragon. This feat is compared to success in the state examinations and the transformation from carp to dragon symbolising a promotion to the highest rank as an official.

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