Featured A pair of Qianglong toad brushwasher

So a few days ago I posted a thread about a Qianglong three-legged toad mini brushwasher with glue all over its body and I decided to give it another chance. I also bought a very similar brushwasher with a hole on the butt hoping they can be displayed together as a pair.

Now I have done everything I can as a new collector to restore them and they’re ready to be shown! Sadly, I have tried all chemicals I have to clean the ink in that hairline, but none of them worked. It’s been stuck in for perhaps a century and become very tough, so I’ll just leave it there. Also some scratches appeared near the hairline as a result of physical removal… but a small piece of tape does the trick and the glaze looks fine!

I have posted them in various angles so people might learn how the details on porcelain that old look like. However, if you have different opinions on dating, I will be happy to hear and learn!

By the way what should I do with them apart from planting my corals?

 

Great job, shammie!

Display them and enjoy them.

 

Yeah … but I’m trying to use more creativity

 

They look like officials of some sort.

 

I can't believe they used all that gloop to hide the crack. Looks better without.

 

He’s a lucky toad to have met me

 

Toads are lucky anyway, as are frogs; that goes double if you find things from the American Southwest. Frogs are a water animal, and water there is a precious commodity.

As for the ink in the crack, it's dyed the ceramic at this point and isn't budging. It is now part of the design.

 

Yes, a reminder of someone used it to wash their brush long ago

 

Could be a really bad colour match

 

Well after saying I would only consider antique porcelain that is inexpensive… I found this cutie listed at £170… don’t think I would spend that much on something I have no knowledge of but just really want to share…

 

Very sweet. It seems to be surprised, maybe because someone gave it gold ear jewellery.

 

Yeah the Kintsugi work is so perfect! It looks alarmed with ears about to go flat