Lot 178
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A LARGE GRAY AND WHITE VARIEGATED DALI MARBLE PANEL

Details
A LARGE GRAY AND WHITE VARIEGATED DALI MARBLE PANEL
The thinly cut rectangular panel with black and gray-white inclusions silhouetted on the creamy-white ground suggestive of a steep mountain range with streaming waterfalls and looming clouds
45½in. (115.6cm.) high, 40in. (101.6cm.) wide, wood stand

Lot Essay

For a discussion of marble and other stones used on Ming and early Qing furniture see Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 153-154