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A RARE ROCK CRYSTAL TREE-TRUNK- Provenance: Rock crystal is traditionally valued for its
SHAPED BRUSHPOT, BITONG S. Marchant & Son, London, 25 June 2002 translucent quality as a symbol of purity,
Mid Qing Dynasty and is referred it as shujing, literally meaning
The transparent crystal smoothly hollowed 來源： 'water essence' (水晶); see M.Wilson, Chinese
and crisply carved as a gnarled tree-trunk with S. Marchant & Son，倫敦，2002年6月25日 Jades, London, 2004, p.102. The present
swirling knots, the stone with 'pine-needle' lot is carved a tree-trunk, probably a gnarled
inclusions, wood stand. Published and Illustrated: pine because of the 'pine-needle' inclusions.
14cm (5 1/2in) high. (2). S.Marsh, Brushpots: A Collector's View, The pine tree is one of the 'Three Friends
Hong Kong, 2020, pp.18-19 of Winter' along with bamboo and plum
£4,000 - 6,000 blossom and was admired by scholars for
CNY32,000 - 49,000 錄著： encapsulating ideals of Confucian morality
S.Marsh, 《Brushpots: A Collector's View》， such as self-discipline and fortitude.
清中期 水晶樹幹形筆擱 香港，2020年，頁18-19
See a related rock-crystal brushpot carved as
a gnarled pine tree with crane and bamboo,
Qing dynasty, illustrated in The Jade Carving
Art in the Ch'ing Dynasty, Taipei, 1990, p.165.

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