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1296 A comparable example of this guan-type brush washer can be found in
‘Small Refned Articles of the Study’, from The Complete Treasures of the
A GUAN-TYPE LINGZHI BRUSH WASHER, XI Palace Museum, Beijing, 2009, p.133, no.107.
18TH CENTURY
A smaller comparable fruit-form shaped vessel is illustrated in The Complete
清十八世紀 仿官釉靈芝形洗 Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2009, p.220, no.216.

The brush washer is well modelled in the shape of a lingzhi fungus group, with
the main twin-fungus forming the washer. The underside is modelled with
further lingzhi. With the exception of several spur marks on the underside, the
vessel is covered overall in a lustrous glaze of pale bluish tone sufused with
crackle.

7Ω in. (19 cm.) wide

£4,000-6,000 $6,100-9,100
€5,500-8,100

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