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A celadon and brown jade 'bamboo' brushpot, bitong 18th/19th century
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA celadon and brown jade 'bamboo' brushpot, bitong
18th/19th century
The well-carved and hollowed vessel of irregular cylindrical form rising to the slightly inturned rim, the exterior carved with a tree shrew climbing atop a gnarled pine, pine bark and gnarled sections, the stone of pale green and mottled brown tone. 9.6cm (3¾in) high
The well-carved and hollowed vessel of irregular cylindrical form rising to the slightly inturned rim, the exterior carved with a tree shrew climbing atop a gnarled pine, pine bark and gnarled sections, the stone of pale green and mottled brown tone. 9.6cm (3¾in) high
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Provenance: an English private collection
Compare a related white jade brushpot simulating bamboo and carved with pine from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Classics of Forbidden City: Scholar's Paraphernalia, Beijing, 2009, pl.37.














