A CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL WASHER

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

WIDTH: 12.5CM

The brushwasher is of deep, elliptical form resting on a short footrim and flanked by three boys, all clambering up the side of the vessel.

SIMILAR EXAMPLE
The theme and composition of the boys’ washer is normally seen in jade, such as the example in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 199, Catalogue No. 163.

清中期水晶三童洗