A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'MOUNTAIN' BRUSH REST

MING/QING DYNASTY

Formed as a rocky mountain range, incised with stylised rolling hills to the reverse, the stone of a pale greenish tone with some dark specks and inclusions, together with a wood stand carved with the Three Friends of Winter, 20cm. (2)

Provenance: formerly a private collection, London, formed c.1959-1963. This brush rest was purchased from Chuen Koo Chai Dealers in Chinese Arts & Curios, Hong Kong, on 4th December 1963. A copy of the invoice is available. A certificate of identity dated 6th December 1963 from The Curios, Furniture & Miscellaneous Utensils & Hardware Merchants & Employees Association, Hong Kong & Kowloon, is also available. Lots 79-84 and 692-694 are all from the same collection.

Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, vol.9, p.81, no.68 for a related brush rest carved as mountains.