Chinese Soapstone Brush Washer with Dragon and Clouds, Two Containers

Chinese Soapstone Brush Washer with Dragon and Clouds, Two Containers Soapstone, carved from a single block. Brush washer with two oval containers side by side. The stone in a strong red-brown with dark brown to black zones used for rock and cloud bands. Above the containers a dragon winds its way through piled-up clouds. The reverse is worked as a porous rock face with several openings. Condition commensurate with age, chipping, losses to the head, the vessel and the left side. 14 x 24 x 5 cm (

Kategori

Asian art

Plats

Quedlinburg

Mått

14 × 24 × 5 cm