A LARGE LINGBI SCHOLAR'S ROCK
PROPERTY FROM THE IAN AND SUSAN WILSON COLLECTION, SAN FRANCISCO
A LARGE LINGBI SCHOLAR'S ROCK

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

Details
A LARGE LINGBI SCHOLAR'S ROCK
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Attractively formed as a tall 'mountain' with prominent brownish-white fissure extending vertically on one side suggesting a cascading waterfall and horizontal ridges suggesting winding paths and crevices
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) high, nanmu stand
Provenance
David Kidd (1926-1996) Collection, Kyoto, Japan.
Literature
Stephen Little, Spirit Stones of China, The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese Stones, Paintings and Related Scholars' Objects, Art Institute of Chicago, 1999, no. 8.
Nicholas Grindley, Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Scholar's Rocks, London, 2009, no. 9.
Exhibited
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Earth Bones, 1991.
Art Institute of Chicago, 1 May - 1 August 1999, no. 8.

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