AN UNUSUAL BURLWOOD QIN-SHAPED WRIST REST

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AN UNUSUAL BURLWOOD QIN-SHAPED WRIST REST
QING DYNASTY

Carved in the form of a qin with poetic inscription, followed by the seal Lanshi, the studs inlaid with ivory, the wood of reddish-brown tone with a wavy grain, the longchi (dragon's pond) and the fengzhao (phoenix pool) on the reverse side of the qin patterned with lighter shade of wood
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) long

Lot Essay

A similarly carved wrist rest, also with a Lanshi seal, is illustrated in the exhibition Catalogue, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, 1986, pl. 86.

(US$3,000-4,000)

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