A BRONZE ‘CHILONG’ BRUSH REST

SONG-MING DYNASTY (960-1368)

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A BRONZE ‘CHILONG’ BRUSH REST
SONG-MING DYNASTY (960-1368)
The brush rest is cast as two opposing chilong with horned snouts, supported upon their tails and hind legs, each curled back over its own body to their sinuous bodies intertwined and legs.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) wide

Provenance

A Japanese private collection, Ishikawa, since the 19th century (by repute)

Lot Essay

Compare a similar bronze brush rest (16.8 cm. wide) dated to the Southern Song to Yuan dynasties in the collection of Shoden-eigen-in, Kennin-ji, Kyoto, illustrated in The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics and Metalwares, Tokyo, 2004, no. 41.

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