AMER WINTER 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, February 3, 2016.
CUP-SHAPED BRUSH HOLDER WITH FIGURES IN LANDSCAPE.Late 18th-19th century, China. Jadeite(?): Opaque bright green to greenish-yellow. Inscription: four-character Qianlong reign mark. Fully carved with one continuous landscape frieze, this brushholder illustrates riders on horseback journeying through a craggy riverine setting, while in the distance, a walled complex with a two-story entrance and two additional figures in a forest pavilion appear as the brushholder is turned. The pine tree trunks are given their texture through a continuous series of punchmark-style roundels. The inscribed base is sunken and the lip is unusually grooved. A raised cloud band encircles the brushholder below the lip, completing the effect of the high mountain setting indicated by the other elements of the landscape. The device of a cloud band encircling the top of a brushholder is well-known from mid-and later Qing jade (and bamboo) brush holders, such as published examples in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (Hai, p.l86, #186; Hai 2, p. 75, #73). Reference: The Yangtze River Collection, Later Chinese Jades published by Helga Wall-Apelt, 1993. SIZE: 7.38" x 7.38" x 6.63". (18.7 x 18.7 x 16.8 cm.) PROVENANCE: The Personal Collection of Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt. CONDITION: Stone well polished. Very good. 47671-93 JC (6,000-9,000)