Set comprising a bamboo brush rest and a small copper-alloy dish with silver inlays, China, 18th century - The brush rest is carved with a long-bearded scholar seated on a pierced rock from which grow small plants and bamboo, surmounted by a large knotty pine. The underside is flat. H.: 7 cm; L.: 7.1 cm; small crack in the bamboo at the base. - The small dish is slightly hollow, the bottom inlaid in silver with a large shou sign surrounded by four bats and a frieze of grecques on the border. On the reverse, the two-character shisou mark. Diameter: 11 cm