Description
A SOAPSTONE BRUSH WASHER Late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Carved with a Chinese sage and a crane amongst rockwork. H: 5 x W: 9 cm Provenance : - Fernand De Smedt (1878-1954), bought in Brussels circa 1935 - By descent to Henri Maertens de Noordhout, president of the Belgian Institute of the High Chinese Studies
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A SOAPSTONE BRUSH WASHER Late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Carved with a Chinese sage and a crane amongst rockwork. H: 5 x W: 9 cm Provenance : - Fernand De Smedt (1878-1954), bought in Brussels circa 1935 - By descent to Henri Maertens de Noordhout, president of the Belgian Institute of the High Chinese Studies