CHINESE MUGHAL WHITE JADE RAM BRUSH WASHER. Shaped in a half gourd form with a ram's head handle extremely well carved, with alert eyes and small nostrils finely detailed, the stone of even white tone, with brownish-yellow spots, the base carved with lotus panels - 6 in. long. Estimate $15,000-20,000
NOTE: A similar brush washer is included in the special exhibition of Hindustan jade in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1983, and illustrated in the catalogue, pl. 80. Another brush washer is illustrated in "The Complete Collection of Treasure of the Palace Museum", 1995, pl. 161, pg. 197.
