Lot Essay
‘Yaochi’ refers to the jade pond where, according to the Daoist legend, the residence of Xiwangmu (the Queen Mother of the West) is located and supposedly where the peaches of immortality grow.
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PROPERTY FROM THE QUEK KIOK LEE COLLECTION
A FINE YIXING PEACH-FORM BRUSH WASHER
REPUBLIC PERIOD
Details
A FINE YIXING PEACH-FORM BRUSH WASHER
REPUBLIC PERIOD
The washer is potted as half a peach supported on a finely modelled seeded lotus pod, a chestnut and a baby aubergine. Lying in the interior is a melon seed and a half-walnut. The base is incised with eight characters, yaochi jieshi, liaodian baogong, a poetic inscription followed by the character, Yuan, and a stamped, Chen Mingyuan, square seal mark.
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) wide
REPUBLIC PERIOD
The washer is potted as half a peach supported on a finely modelled seeded lotus pod, a chestnut and a baby aubergine. Lying in the interior is a melon seed and a half-walnut. The base is incised with eight characters, yaochi jieshi, liaodian baogong, a poetic inscription followed by the character, Yuan, and a stamped, Chen Mingyuan, square seal mark.
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired in Singapore, 23 June 1972
Brought to you by
Priscilla Kong