Fine Chinese 18th/19th C Green Jadeite Brush Washer carved, pierced and polished as a large quatrefoil Ruyi head with loose ring and chrysanthemum handles, the top surface carved with a descending Bat holding a Chime from ribbons; on 4 small feet and with a carved, pierced and polished quatrefoil black hard wood stand carved with a scrolling lotus to flat top. Width from handle to handle 8 1/2 inches (21.5 cm.). PROVENANCE: Private collection, New York. NOTE: with "Ge Ren" label to base of jade.

Good condition with light age related wear, 1 small flake to edge of 2 small feet. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. We do not carry out in-depth research of the sort carried out by professional historians and scholars, and any statements made by us orally or in writing about any lot concerning attribution to an artist, provenance, period, materials, origin, history, or dates represent an opinion of Eddie's Auction and are not to be relied on as a statement of fact. Such opinions serve for informative purposes only and do not constitute historic or academic scholarship on the works and do not aim to substitute or contradict any such scholarship.