A FINELY CARVED SPINACH-GREEN JADE BRUSH POT

A FINELY CARVED SPINACH-GREEN JADE BRUSH POT CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Intricately carved around the sides with a continuous mountainous landscape, the rocks and trees framing various vignettes, including a scholar accompanied by an attendant carrying a peach branch standing at the base of stairs leading up to a pavilion on a terrace above; a scholar and an attendant on a rocky path leading to a footbridge; a pair of deer; and another pavilion 6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) diam. Provenance A & S Hartman Collection, no. J138 (according to label). Oriental Rarities, Ltd., New York, 1979. The Irving Collection, no. 318.