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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女史珍藏
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A LARGE WHITE JADE ‘THREE LAUGHS AT
TIGER BROOK’ BRUSH POT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The large and impressive brush pot is finely carved to the exterior
with a continuous scene depicting two scholars and a monk in
a rocky landscape seated below a pine tree, accompanied by an
attendant with a fan preparing tea. Nearby, another figure is resting
on a boat moored along an embankment. The stone is of an even
pale tone with some dark natural inclusions.
7¿ in. (18.1 cm.) diam.
HK$2,800,000-3,500,000 US$370,000-460,000

The scene depicted on the current brush pot is inspired by 'Three laughs
at Tiger Brook', which tells the story of the recluse monk Huiyuan, who
unwittingly crosses the Tiger Brook when sending Tao Yuanming and
Lu Xiujing off after their visit. The same subject matter can be found on
another jade brush pot carved with a Qianlong imperial poem describing
the story in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in The
Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial
Jades of Ch'ing Court, Taipei, 1997, pp. 168-9, no. 53, and on a white
screen, illustrated in ibid, pp. 204-205, no. 71.

清十八 / 十九世紀 白玉虎溪三笑圖筆筒

(another view 另一面)

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