Fine Asian Art - 12th November 2024

Lot 67

A LARGE CHINESE PALE CREAMY CELADON JADE 'PERSIMMON, LILY AND LINGZHI' BRUSHWASHER

Estimate £20,000 - £30,000

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Description

A LARGE CHINESE PALE CREAMY CELADON JADE 'PERSIMMON, LILY AND LINGZHI' BRUSHWASHER
17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The vessel carved and pierced in deep relief to form a large five-petalled lily bloom borne from a leafy gnarled branch which issues a further lily bud, intertwined with fruiting branches of persimmon and three lingzhi which form the base, 27cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Shropshire, acquired in the 1970s.

Cf. TT Bartholomew, Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, p.261 for a discussion of the use of persimmon, lily and lingzhi to form the rebus baishi ruyi (may one hundred things be as you wish). See the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no.1529&A-1882, illustrated by Ming Wilson in Chinese Jades, p.55, pl.56, for a related 18th century vase of a comparable size. Refer also to Spink & Son Ltd, An Exhibition of Fine Jade, p.14, no.47 for a smaller related 17th century example.

十七/十八世紀早期 青白玉百事如意紋洗
來源：英國什羅普郡私人收藏，購於 1970 年代。