• Dimension: Height: 6 1/4 in (15.9 cm) Diameter: 6 1/8 in (15.6 cm)
• Estimate From: $12000
• Estimate To: $22000

Of cylindrical form supported on four evenly spaced ruyi-form feet, the exterior skillfully carved and undercut in deep relief with a continuous scene of a child sitting upon an elephant accompanied by two attendants in a mountain landscape, the other side further carved with two figures amidst a dense bamboo grove surrounded by gnarled leafy pine and rockworks, the stone of a smoothly polished white tone with some russet veins. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period

本拍品呈圓筒形，以整塊優質白玉掏膛整挖，中空以納筆，其下垂如意狀四足。所用白玉質地細膩，色澤勻凈。筒身做工精美，以高浮雕描繪山水人物圖景，只見溪山高隱，松幹曲折盤繞，松樹茂盛，亭臺掩映，廬舍清幽，山間小道上仙翁拄杖顧盼，童子圍繞在大象身旁。整幅構圖洋溢出一股如書畫般清新、優雅賞心悅目的畫面，加上高超的雕工，實令人愛不釋手。此類通景畫雕琢的風格是由康熙時期青花瓷筆筒得到啟示，在清十八世紀乾隆時期最為流行。整體觀來，其圖案神形兼備，兼之雕工流暢，打磨精細，可自其中感受到濃濃的畫意和文人趣味。
Compare a similar white jade carved brushpot, sold in Christie’s Hong Kong, November 2011, Lot 2891, sold for HKD 6980000