A RARE CARVED AMETHYST BRUSH WASHER AND STAINED IVORY STAND QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD |

finely carved in the form of two adjacent lingzhi-shaped washers with a bat perched on one edge, borne on gnarled leafy stems issuing further smaller lingzhi heads with a chilong clambering atop, the beast with a sinuous body terminating in a bifurcated tail, detailed with a finely combed mane and beard, the transparent stone of a pale violet tone with lighter inclusions, the brown-stained ivory stand intricately carved in openwork with a beribboned bundle of curved stems issuing budding and flowering lotus, broad veined leaves and arrowheads