A fine white jade brush washer, bixi

Property from a Northwest Private Collection
A fine white jade brush washer, bixi
18th century
Of compressed ovoid form with a raised lip surrounding the deeply hollowed cavity and a spider web drawn on one side near a spider climbing toward it from the deeply undercut branches of lingzhi fungus that support the underside and rise upward to the opposite side of the container; the stone of creamy white hue with a faint russet patch visible on one of the lingzhi fungus heads; the hardwood stand also intricately worked as fungus branches.
5 1/2in (14cm) length across jade (2).