拍品專文
The present brushpot is superbly carved and would have been an important addition to the desk of a successful scholar or official. It is replete with auspicious symbolism. On the front of the brushpot, two deers are resting next to a pavilion. The deer (lu) is a pun for 'road' (lu), and two deers stand for 'all roads', or for all things going smoothly. They are represented next to lingzhi and pine trees. All together they convey wishes of immortality and longevity.
See comparable spinach jade bitong from The Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 2006, pl.169 and 170.
See comparable spinach jade bitong from The Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 2006, pl.169 and 170.