Lot 1673
1673
A DARK GREEN SERPENTINE SCHOLAR'S ROCK
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION
A DARK GREEN SERPENTINE SCHOLAR'S ROCK

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A DARK GREEN SERPENTINE SCHOLAR'S ROCK
The stone is of irregular horizontal form, resembling a mountain range, and is of dark green color, with lightly mottled patina.
20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide, softwood stand by Cliff A. Johnson, Los Angeles, c. 2005.

Lot Essay

For a discussion of serpentine scholar's rocks, particularly the Laoshan stone from Shandong province, see R. D. Mowry, Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholars' Rocks, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997, pp. 281-87, nos. 67-68.

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