QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

Details

A LINGBI SCHOLAR'S ROCK
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The rock has 'natural' layered formations surrounding various openings. The stone is of striated, warm grey color with some white veins and inclusions.
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high, wood stand

Provenance

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 2004.

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Lot Essay

Compare the lingbi rock of similar form, but of green color and dated to the Ming dynasty, illustrated by R. Mowry in Worlds within Worlds: The Richard Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholars' Rocks, Cambridge, 1996, p. 160, no. 5.

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