Lot 3021. A well-carved white jade peah-form brush washer, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide. Estimate $100,000 - $150,000. Price realised $293,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015.
The brush washer is in the form of a large peach borne on a leafy branch that is carved in high relief across the base and around the sides to the rim where it is carved in openwork and shown blossoming beside a bat, its outstretched wing spanning the spout. The stone is semi-translucent and well polished, box.
Provenance: Rare Art, Inc., New York, 8 April 1977.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 15 - 16 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza