A PAIR OF FINE CHINESE PALE CELADON AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'LANDSCAPE' BRUSHPOTS, BITONG

A PAIR OF FINE CHINESE PALE CELADON AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'LANDSCAPE' BRUSHPOTS, BITONG
QIANLONG 1736-95

The tall cylindrical bodies carved in pale celadon jade with mountainous landscapes, the continuous scenes depicting figures engaged in various activities, including travellers on horseback crossing bridges and woodcutters returning from the forest, with thatched pavilions and temples dispersed through the rocky setting, with far-off peaks emerging from swirls of mist in the distance, the rims applied with spinach-green jade, each together with a spinach-green jade stand carved with five feet shaped as ruyi-heads, the stands pierced with floral medallions, 14cm. (4)

Provenance: formerly the collection of Hugh S Whitaker; and then the Lawrence Collection of jades and hardstone carvings, purchased from Spink & Son prior to 1959.

Whitaker was a collector of Oriental art in the early 20th century, and many items from his collection are now in major Western museums, including the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum. Whitaker is recorded in the Sparks' ledger books between 1914 and 1938 as a buyer.

Cf. T T Bartholomew & H Li, The Tata Collection of Chinese Antiquities in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India), p.86, no.57 for a similar single spinach-green example.

清乾隆 青白玉及碧玉雕山水紋筆筒及底座 一對

來源：Hugh S Whitaker舊藏，勞倫斯珍藏玉石，1959年前購於Spink & Son。