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QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
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A CARVED LINGBI STONE 'BRUSH WASHER'
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The lingbi stone has been worked to create an interior well, presumably to function as a brush washer. The dark areas of the stone are interspersed with white striations.
9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide, wood stand
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The lingbi stone has been worked to create an interior well, presumably to function as a brush washer. The dark areas of the stone are interspersed with white striations.
9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide, wood stand
Provenance
By repute, David Kidd (1926-1996) Collection, Japan
Literature
Gu Mingtang, Huaxia qi shi (Rare rocks of China), Shanghai, 1995, pl. 32.
S. Little, Spirit Stones of China, the Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese Stones, Paintings, and Related Scholars' Objects, Chicago, 1999, no. 22.
S. Little, Spirit Stones of China, the Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese Stones, Paintings, and Related Scholars' Objects, Chicago, 1999, no. 22.
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