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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A CARVED DUAN INKSTONE
Details
A CARVED DUAN INKSTONE
QING DYNASTY, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Of flattened thin form with irregular sides, the palette surface smoothly polished within a beaded border around the asymmetrical sides, the reverse finely carved on the sloping side with wispy clouds reserving the natural russet inclusions of the stone, resting on a polished flat base
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) wide, fitted box
QING DYNASTY, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Of flattened thin form with irregular sides, the palette surface smoothly polished within a beaded border around the asymmetrical sides, the reverse finely carved on the sloping side with wispy clouds reserving the natural russet inclusions of the stone, resting on a polished flat base
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) wide, fitted box
Exhibited
Splendours of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Art Museum, 1992, Catalogue no. 302