Lot Essay
Previously sold in Hong Kong, 2 December 1976, lot 731.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE CARVED CYLINDRICAL WHITE JADE BRUSH-POT
Details
A FINE CARVED CYLINDRICAL WHITE JADE BRUSH-POT
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vessel is raised on five tab feet, finely and intricately carved in relief around the exterior with a continuous mountain landscape detailed with a pavilion among trees and vegetation, the near distance with two boys holding tributes, both turned towards their companion seated on a caparisoned elephant, observed by a sage standing with his assistant along a mountain pass, the narrow path occupied intermittently with travellers bearing gifts, leads into the far distance, winding its way beside waterfalls and running streams, the base carved with a four-character seal mark, Qianlong nianzhi, the semi-translucent stone of an even tone
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) high
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vessel is raised on five tab feet, finely and intricately carved in relief around the exterior with a continuous mountain landscape detailed with a pavilion among trees and vegetation, the near distance with two boys holding tributes, both turned towards their companion seated on a caparisoned elephant, observed by a sage standing with his assistant along a mountain pass, the narrow path occupied intermittently with travellers bearing gifts, leads into the far distance, winding its way beside waterfalls and running streams, the base carved with a four-character seal mark, Qianlong nianzhi, the semi-translucent stone of an even tone
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) high
Literature
Sotheby's Hong Kong Twenty Years, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 294, no. 512.