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A WHITE JADE ‘LOTUS LEAF’ BRUSH WASHER
18TH CENTURY
The brush washer is well carved as a large lotus leaf borne on a stem bundled
together on the base with the stems of the smaller leaves and buds carved in
high relief around the sides. The white stone has some minor grey inclusions.
6 in. (15.cm.) wide, hongmu stand
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, acquired in the 1950s.
Christie’s London, 13 May 2008, lot 81.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.
清十八世紀 白玉蓮式洗
(another view)
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