A GREEN JADE 'LONGEVITY' BRUSHPOT QING DYNASTY, 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY |

of oval section, the sides broadening to an irregular rim, carved in high relief with an old pine tree extending its gnarled branches around the exterior, long vines suspended from the limbs, a sprig of lingzhi growing below and a crane at either side, a tall rockwork by the trunk, the stone an even pale green with a slightly blue undertone

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1st August 1980.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 208.

The brushpot is in overall good condition with only a few nicks to the extremities, and fine natural fissures in the stone.
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The present brushpot is notable for its shape. The irregular sides imitate the idiosyncrasies of natural forms and enhance the movement of the pine branches, thereby creating a harmonious union between the vessel and its décor. For jade brushpots carved as a section of pine, with branches and needles carved in relief on the surface, see one sold in our London rooms, 28th October 1988, lot 284, and again at Christie's Hong Kong, 27th November 2007, lot 1524; a second, sold at Christie's London, 4th December 1995, lot 268; and a third sold at Christie's Paris, 21st June 2016, lot 138. See also a yellowish-celadon jade trunk-form brushpot carved with the 'Three Friends' and a crane, in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, and published in Chen Shen and Gu Fang, Haiwai bowuguan cang yuqi tuji zhi yi: Jianada Huangjia Andalüe bowuguan cang Zhongguo gudai yuqi / Chinese Jade Collections from Museums Outside China, No. 1: Ancient Chinese Jades from the Royal Ontario Museum, Beijing, 2016, pl. 282.