Chinese Soapstone Brush Washer with Peaches and Birds, Three Containers

Chinese Soapstone Brush Washer with Peaches and Birds, Three Containers Soapstone, carved from a single block. Small brush washer with three containers: at the back two tall cylindrical cups side by side, in front of them a shallow oval hollow. The stone in a pale grey-white with dark grey inclusions used for rocks. Between the cups a peach branch with modelled fruits and leaves climbs upwards; three birds are perched on the branch and the rock, the reverse worked as an openwork rock face. Condi

Category

Asian art

Location

Quedlinburg