A FINE YIXING PEACH-SHAPED BRUSH-WASHER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY The cup is modelled as half a peach growing from a knotted branch formed as the handle, naturalistically detailed with nodules and split wood, with thinner twigs issuing leaves that wrap around the cup and a cluster of three smaller fruit supporting the base of the receptacle, with an inscription under the mouth rim reading, Yaochi jieshi handian chuanshang , 'A perpetual vessel made from Yaochi for the Han Palace', and with the maker's name, Zhao Yu 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) across
A FINE YIXING PEACH-SHAPED BRUSH-WASHER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY The cup is modelled as half a peach growing from a knotted branch formed as the handle, naturalistically detailed with nodules and split wood, with thinner twigs issuing leaves that wrap around the cup and a cluster of three smaller fruit supporting the base of the receptacle, with an inscription under the mouth rim reading, Yaochi jieshi handian chuanshang , 'A perpetual vessel made from Yaochi for the Han Palace', and with the maker's name, Zhao Yu 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) across
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