Description:
A JASPER BRUSH WASHER, QING
China, 1780-1880. Elegant openwork carving in form of a melon on a leafy stem with a smaller fruit and a beetle climbing towards the opening. The vessel with a fine, unctuous polish and of deep green color mottled with blood-red inclusions, substantiating the minerals nickname of bloodstone.
Provenance: From an English private estate.
Condition: Very good condition with some old wear, one tiny chip to underside of a leave, few microscopic nibbles here and there.
Weight: 119.3 grams
Dimensions: Length 7.3 cm
清代鐵石英筆洗
中國,1780-1880。精美鏤空雕刻成甜瓜,葉子上有一個小瓜,小甲蟲爬向開口。 筆洗表面光滑,深綠色中夾雜著血紅色内沁,正符合了血石的礦物質綽號。
來源:英國私人遺產
品相:品相極好,一些舊時磨損,一片葉子底部有一條細微裂紋,局部有輕微刻痕。
重量:119.3 克
尺寸:長 7.3 厘米