A set of three chicken-bone jade 'lingzhi' washers, 17th /...
wood stand (4)
Width of largest 7⅜ in., 18.6 cm
Condition Report:
All three jade washers are in overall good condition with some expected minute nicks to the extremities.
三件洗均整體品相良好，邊沿等處見些許正常微細磕痕。
Catalogue Note:
This set of brushwashers may have been presented on the occasion of a birthday as suggested by the references to longevity through the lingzhi fungus and ruyi form of the vessels, as well as the chrysanthemum flower carved in the middle-sized vessel. This auspicious meaning is emphasized by the wannianqing (rohdea japonica) or the sacred lily carved inside the largest brushwasher, an evergreen which symbolizes growth and happiness through its green leaves and numerous descendants through its red berries. Compare a white jade brushwasher of this type similarly decorated with stalks of chrysanthemum in the interior, sold at Christie’s London, 11th December 1989, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st December 2009, lot 2044.
wood stand (4)
Width of largest 7⅜ in., 18.6 cm
Condition Report:
All three jade washers are in overall good condition with some expected minute nicks to the extremities.
三件洗均整體品相良好，邊沿等處見些許正常微細磕痕。
Catalogue Note:
This set of brushwashers may have been presented on the occasion of a birthday as suggested by the references to longevity through the lingzhi fungus and ruyi form of the vessels, as well as the chrysanthemum flower carved in the middle-sized vessel. This auspicious meaning is emphasized by the wannianqing (rohdea japonica) or the sacred lily carved inside the largest brushwasher, an evergreen which symbolizes growth and happiness through its green leaves and numerous descendants through its red berries. Compare a white jade brushwasher of this type similarly decorated with stalks of chrysanthemum in the interior, sold at Christie’s London, 11th December 1989, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st December 2009, lot 2044.
