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89 AN INSCRIBED PALE CELADON
JADE INK REST
㶭 曺 QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH - EARLY 19TH
⋩ 䘥 CENTURY
ℓ 䌱 carved as a rectangular geometric scroll raised on two splayed
ᶾ 晽 feet, the surface delicately incised with a ß owering prunus
䲨 㠭 branch and inscribed with the characters Shu Ying Heng Xie Shui
㛓 剙 Qing Qian (at clear shallow pond elegant Þ gures gracefully stand)
军 䲳 from the Northern Song dynasty poem Shan Yuan Xiao Mei, the
⋩ ⡐ stone a bright pale celadon with faint white inclusions
ḅ ⸲
ᶾ
䲨 Width 3 in., 7.7 cm
⇅ġġġ
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PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 6th May 1982.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 400.
90 A GREEN JADE ‘LONGEVITY’
$ 4,000-6,000
柴嬀ġĻġ BRUSHPOT
䔷⼙㨓㕄㯜㶭㶢 㶭 曺 QING DYNASTY, 18TH / EARLY 19TH
Ը๕ ⋩ 䌱 CENTURY
ℓġ 晽
œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹij⸜Ķ㚰ķ㖍 İġ 㜦 of oval section, the sides broadening to an irregular rim, carved
ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸暚 ⋩ 浜 in high relief with an old pine tree extending its gnarled branches
ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĵıı ḅ ⎴ around the exterior, long vines suspended from the limbs, a
sprig of lingzhi growing below and a crane at either side, a tall
ᶾ 㗍 rockwork by the trunk, the stone an even pale green with a
䲨 ⚾ slightly blue undertone
⇅ġġġ 䫮
䫺
Height 7 in., 17.6 cm

PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1st August 1980.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 208.
The present brushpot is notable for its shape. The irregular sides
imitate the idiosyncrasies of natural forms and enhance the
movement of the pine branches, thereby creating a harmonious
union between the vessel and its décor. For jade brushpots
carved as a section of pine, with branches and needles carved
in relief on the surface, see one sold in our London rooms, 28th
October 1988, lot 284, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th
November 2007, lot 1524; a second, sold at Christie’s London,
4th December 1995, lot 268; and a third sold at Christie’s Paris,
21st June 2016, lot 138. See also a yellowish-celadon jade trunk-
form brushpot carved with the ‘Three Friends’ and a crane, in the
collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, and published
in Chen Shen and Gu Fang, Haiwai bowuguan cang yuqi tuji zhi yi:
Jianada Huangjia Andalüe bowuguan cang Zhongguo gudai yuqi
/ Chinese Jade Collections from Museums Outside China, No. 1:
Ancient Chinese Jades from the Royal Ontario Museum, Beijing,
2016, pl. 282.
$ 20,000-30,000
Ը๕
œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹı⸜Ĺ㚰IJ㖍
ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
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㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ijıĹ

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