A SMALL BOXWOOD (HUANGYANGMU) LINGZHI-FORM BRUSH WASHER

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Details

A SMALL BOXWOOD (HUANGYANGMU) LINGZHI-FORM BRUSH WASHER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The shallow vessel finely carved as a lingzhi head borne on a stem that forms a loop handle on one side and continues onto the underside where further fungus heads act as supports
3½ in. (9 cm.) across, Japanese wood box with inscription

Provenance

Private Japanese collection.
Brian Harkins, London.

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Lot Essay

This finely carved lingzhi-form boxwood brush washer is similar in shape and style of carving to a boxwood covered box (7.4 cm. long) with Yongzheng inscribed mark in the Qing court collection, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2009, p. 314, no. 311.

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