Lot 3754. A pale green jade 'pine tree' brushrest, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 15 cm., 5 7/8  in. Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Sold for 875,000 HKD (100,586 EUR). Photo Sotheby's

modelled as a segment of pine tree enveloped by mature and crooked pine branches, the gnarled bark dotted with knotted whorls and carved through as a trunk split with age, picked out with textural details on the reverse, the pale green stone suffused with icy inclusions and faint russet veins.