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Lot Essay
The present jade brush pot, carved from a massive section of stone, is an exceptionally rare example of its type. Its unusual shape, which is realistically carved as the section of a prunus tree, with a smaller trunk projecting from the side, may suggest that it was also intended for use as a vase as opposed to solely being used as a brush pot.
A slightly larger (22 cm.), though perhaps more slender, white jade brush pot, carved with the trunks of a pine tree along the sides, is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji - 6 - Qing, Hebei, 1991, p. 199, no. 284, where it is dated to the middle Qing Dynasty. Of particular note is the style of carving, with both examples exhibiting secondary trunks with rounded edges carved in low relief around the sides.
A slightly larger (22 cm.), though perhaps more slender, white jade brush pot, carved with the trunks of a pine tree along the sides, is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji - 6 - Qing, Hebei, 1991, p. 199, no. 284, where it is dated to the middle Qing Dynasty. Of particular note is the style of carving, with both examples exhibiting secondary trunks with rounded edges carved in low relief around the sides.