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36 - A malachite brush rest and a Peking glass brush rest Two brush rests, one of malachite and one of liaoqi glass. The malachite example makes use of the stone's natural green banding, while the liaoqi example is reddish-brown in tone, worked to suggest the banded colouring of natural stone; the malachite example is inscribed Dan Ping Hua Luo, Yan Chi Xiang (膽瓶花落，研池香 — "flowers fall in play from the vase; the inkstone's pool grows fragrant"). The malachite example has been restored. ①W: 15cm H: 9.3cm ②W: 20cm H: 10cm with restoration to the malachite. China, Qing Dynasty
A malachite brush rest and a Peking glass brush rest Two brush rests, one of malachite and one of liaoqi glass. The malachite example makes use of the stone's natural green banding, while the liaoqi example is reddish-brown in tone, worked to suggest the banded colouring of natural stone; the malachite example is inscribed Dan Ping Hua Luo, Yan Chi Xiang (膽瓶花落，研池香 — "flowers fall in play from the vase; the inkstone's pool grows fragrant"). The malachite example has been restored. ①W: 15cm H: 9.3cm ②W: 20cm H: 10cm with restoration to the malachite. China, Qing Dynasty