A FINE PALE GREEN JADE INKSTICK REST18th century Crisply carved with scrolling feet, the top surface with three grooves, centred with a pierced roundel containing an auspicious bat and a deer amidst dense foliage, the stone of even pale green tone. 9.2cm (3 5/8in) long. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清十八世紀 青白玉「福祿」墨床 Provenance : a European private collection Roger Keverne Ltd., London, 6 November 2015 來源 ：歐洲私人收藏 倫敦古董商 Roger Keverne Ltd.，2015年11月6日 Inksticks after being ground on the inkstone with water needed to be placed temporarily on a stand to dry before being placed back in a box, lest it stain the scholar's desk. The present lot has grooves carved for the purpose of channelling any droplets of excess watery ink. pare with a related jade brushrest, Qing dynasty, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in A Garland of Treasures: Masterpieces of of Precious Crafts in the Museum Collection , Taipei, 2014, p.161, no.IV-52. A smaller pale green jade inkstick rest (described as a brushrest), 18th/19th century, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2019, lot 590.