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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
歐洲私人珍藏

[LOTS 117 - 122]

117 This brush washer is fnely carved in high relief in the shape of a large
lingzhi fungus with its mouth rim forming a ruyi and the body decorated
IMPORTANT RINCE-PINCEAUX EN JADE CELADON ET with eight small lingzhi heads. The combination of nine lingzhi is highly
ROUILLE SCULPTE auspicious, since the word ‘nine’ is a homonym for longevity, jiu. As for
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE the word ruyi, it forms the rebus ‘ruyi’, ‘may you have fulfllment of all
thy wishes’.
Imitant la forme de lingzhi à la bordure élégamment recourbée, il
est rehaussé de branchages tortueux et de huit autres petits lingzhi In China, the lingzhi fungus has always been a powerful traditional
fnement sculptés en relief formant la base. La pierre présente medicine but is also an auspicious symbol of longevity and immortality.
une belle couleur céladon aux inclusions rouilles et une belle patine In Chinese iconography, lingzhi is a recurrent pattern as seen in
luisante. scrolling cloud motifs or on ruyi scepters. Compare to a superb pale
Longueur : 25 cm. (9 √ in.) greenish-white vase in lingzhi form associated with a ruyi form rim,
dated 18th century, sold at Christie’s, New York, 22 March 2007, lot 122.
€40,000-60,000 $44,000-66,000
£34,000-51,000 Jade washers of this generous size and of such carving qualities are
extremely rare and would have been an important addition to the desk
PROVENANCE of a scholar or a high ranking oficial. With its many symbols of long life
and good fortune, this magnifcent jade washer would have been an
Private European collection. ideal gift for a birthday celebration. A similarly decorated pale celadon
‘nine-lingzhi’ washer, dated to the Qing dynasty, is in the collection of
AN IMPORTANT CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘NINE-LINGZHI’ the Palace Museum, Beijing. Compare to another large pale celadon
BRUSH WASHER jade ruyi-formed brush washer, dated 18th century, sold at Sotheby’s,
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY New York, 16 September 2014, lot 270.

清十七至十八世紀 青玉帶皮靈芝洗
來源：歐洲私人珍藏

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