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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品
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A FINE AGATE ‘FINGER’ CITRON BRUSH
WASHER
18th century
The centrally hollowed ‘Buddha’s hand’ citron with
numerous long ‘fingers’ curling gracefully at the
ends, borne on a leafy gnarled branch, the stone of
pale creamy amber hue.
7cm (2 6/8in) long.

£3,000 - 4,000
CNY27,000 - 36,000

十八世紀 瑪瑙佛手柑形洗

Provenance: a European private collection

來源：歐洲私人收藏

The appreciation of agate stone saw a revival during
the Yongzheng reign; records in the archives of
the Imperial Jade Workshops, yuzuo, dated 1724-
1729, noted that the Yongzheng emperor ordered
for agate brush washers and bowls to be made. A
yellow agate brush washer in the form of a gourd
and leaf from the Qing Court collection, mid Qing,
is illustrated in Scholar’s Paraphernalia: Classics of
Forbidden City, Beijing, 2009, p.114, no.108.
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