A WHITE JADE 'CHILONG' BRUSH WASHER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

of oval form with the gently rounded sides rising from four splayed ruyi-head feet to an everted lipped rim, finely carved to each side with openwork handles in the form of clambering chilong with bifurcated tails and muscular limbs, each resting its head on the mouthrim, the stone of a whitish-green color with opaque white inclusions, wood stand (2)

Texas private collection. 

In good condition. Some opaque white inclusions and russet stone flaws. A russet stone fissure extending from the rim, by the claw of one of the dragons, approximately 7 cm down the rim, the same flaw cutting diagonally across the dragon's body. A 0.1 cm rim chip to the rim with an associated 2 cm fissure. The stone of a paler whitish-green color than as seen in catalog image.
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Compare a similar chilong brushwasher, inscribed with a Qianlong mark, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 2008, pl. 191.