Lot Essay
See a white jade brushwasher of comparable double-gourd form illustrated by Roger Keverne, Jade - The Glorious Age of Chinese Jades, London, 1991, figs.46 and 47, p.148.
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18TH CENTURY
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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE DOUBLE-GOURD BRUSHWASHER
18th century
Deeply carved in the shape of a hollow double-gourd issuing from a gnarled leafy stem, with four smaller gourds and bats at the sides, the stone of a soft sea green tone with a russet skin and natural streaks
9 in. (23 cm.) wide, wood stand
18th century
Deeply carved in the shape of a hollow double-gourd issuing from a gnarled leafy stem, with four smaller gourds and bats at the sides, the stone of a soft sea green tone with a russet skin and natural streaks
9 in. (23 cm.) wide, wood stand