A LINGZHI-SHAPED JADEITE JADE BRUSHWASHER WITH A PARROT China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century Masterfully carved out of a single piece of a lavender stone with brown accents, with lobed coiling ends imitating lingzhi fungus, one side set with a handle shaped as a chi dragon, the other side with large peaches, a mobile parrot linked with the main piece with a chain. H: 4,5 cm - L: 21 cm - w: 12 cm Weight: 600 grams Provenance: > Private collection; > Juan Carlos Katzenstein (1925-2018), an Argentinian Diplomat, who was an Ambassador in Beijing, China, from December 6, 1975 to January 2, 1978, and later to the Holy See (Vatican) and to the Sovereign Order of Malta from 1989 to 1991. 鹦鹉灵芝型翡翠笔洗 中国，清朝，19世纪