Rince-pinceaux en jade céladon pâle Dynastie Qing, époque Qianlong

de forme ruyi reposant sur quatre petits pieds trilobés, les côtés légèrement arrondis aux bords évasés finement sculptés en bas-relief de branches mouvementées de pivoines, l'intérieur sculpté en haut-relief de trois belles fleurs de pivoine sur une branche noueuse courbée, reposant sur quatre petits pieds trilobés, la pierre au doux poli

Acquired in China between 1894 and 1922.
Thence in the family by descent.

The washer is in overall good condition. There are minute scattered fritts along the edges of the bevelled rim, some associated with fissures that run through the stone. There is also a ca. 0.4x0.3cm large shallow chip to the rim. There are minute fritts to the raised parts and edges of the design in the centre of the washer carved in high relief, and a ca. 0.2 cm chip at the tip of a leaf issuing from the middle of the branch. There are several light brownish fissured that run through the stone and some areas of calcification.
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