A GE-TYPE GLAZED BRUSHREST

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A GE-TYPE GLAZED BRUSHREST
18TH CENTURY

The brushrest moulded as a group of lingzhi fungus creating an irregular contour for resting the brush, covered in a green-grey glaze with characteristic network of crackles, stopping before the flat sealed base, the unglazed base wiped with a light-brown wash
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

A related ge-type brushrest imitating taihu rocks from Souzhou in the National Palace Museum collection, Beijing, is illustrated in Wen Fang Ju Ying, no. 110.

(US$3,000-4,000)

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