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A PALE CELADON JADE ‘ROCKWORK’
BRUSH REST
EARLY QING DYNASTY
rendered in the form of jagged rockwork centred with a flowing
river stream, the craggy setting skilfully decorated with two
birds and a frog, a small lingzhi spray growing from one side,
the colour of a pale celadon colour mottled with icy inclusions,
affixed to a lacquered wood stand
10 cm, 3⅞ in.
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,500

清初 青白玉賞石筆山

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A CELADON AND GREY JADE ‘DRAGON’
BRUSH REST
MING – EARLY QING DYNASTY
the horizontally orientated structure modelled with a jagged
rockwork formation accentuated with cresting waves and a
scaly dragon emerging through ruyi clouds, a small makara
portrayed surging from the sea below, one side of the brush
rest with a small receptacle, the celadon stone mottled with
grey speckles
10.7 cm, 4⅛ in.
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,500

This pieces exemplifies the aesthetic taste of scholar-officials
of the Ming and Qing dynasties, who sought objects for their
studio that had a variety of functions, such as brush rests and
paperweights, as well as being works of art in their own right. See
a larger brush rest worked with a similar subject matter, dated
to the Qing dynasty, sold in these rooms, 1st June 2017, lot 5.
Another larger similar carving, in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
is illustrated in The Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum. Jade, vol. 9, Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, pl. 64, together
with one modelled as three peaks with chilong, pl. 66; and another
was sold in our New York rooms, 21st March 2015, lot 692.
明至清初 灰青玉龍紋筆山

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