Lot Essay
(US$3,500-4,000)
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A FINE PURPLE DUAN INKSTONE
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A FINE PURPLE DUAN INKSTONE
19TH CENTURY
Carved and delicately incised as a goose, the smooth grinding area its body separated from the shallow lotus leaf receptacle by its turned head, a pale coffee-coloured inclusion used as the bird's eye
6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) long, hongmu box and cover
19TH CENTURY
Carved and delicately incised as a goose, the smooth grinding area its body separated from the shallow lotus leaf receptacle by its turned head, a pale coffee-coloured inclusion used as the bird's eye
6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) long, hongmu box and cover