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3085
                                             A YING ‘SOARING PHOENIX’ SCHOLAR’S ROCK

                                             QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
                                             The stone is vertically oriented supported on a narrow base, resembling a soaring phoenix
                                             making a landing at the summit of a mountain, the surface with deep crevices, ridges and
                                             circular apertures, the stone of a dark grey tone.
                                             8¡ in. (20.9 cm.) high, wood stand
                                             HK$40,000-60,000                                     US$5,200-7,700
                                             P R O V E NAN C E :
                                             Brad Gardiner, Taipei, November 2012

                                             清   英石「鳳翥」賞石

                                             來源:
                                             Brad Gardiner，台北，2012年11月















                                                              The 14-character inscription can be translated as:
                                                              The thousand-house-village mountain faces the morning light quietly,
                                                              And faces the green hills above the riverside tower everyday
                                                              It is an excerpt from Qiu Xing (Autumn), a series of eight poems written by
                                                              the famous poet Du Fu (712-770), expressing his deep emotions towards
                                                              the suffering and chaos of life at the time. The two signatures belong to
                                                              a Late Qing painter Jin Lian (1841-1909) of Suzhou, who was famous for
                                                              his landscape and prunus blossoms paintings. He was part of a group
                                                              known as ‘The Seven Artists of Yiyuan’, which includes Gu Zishan, Wu
                                                              Changshuo, Gu Ruobo, Hu Sanqiao, Ni Mogeng and Wu Qiunong.
          3086

          A CARVED AND INSCRIBED STONE                        晚清   石山水詩文圖山子
          MOUNTAIN BOULDER                                    詩文:
          LATE QING DYNASTY                                   千家山郭靜朝暉
                                                              日日江樓坐翠微
          The irregular-shaped mountain boulder is carved on one side with
          a landscape scene of an elaborate residence complex flanked by
          waterfalls on either sides, and further surrounded by small pavilions,   鈐印: 心蘭、金湅  (inscription 銘款)
          rocky peaks and trees. The reverse side is inscribed with a poem
          describing the scene, followed by two signatures reading Xinlan, Jin   來源:
          Lian. The stone is of dark greyish-green tone.      加州私人舊藏 (傳)
          8º in. (21 cm.) wide, wood stand                    Nangokudo LLC，加州，2020年11月
          HK$60,000-80,000                    US$7,700-10,000  Rasti Fine Art，香港，2021年

          P R O V E NAN C E :                                 山子所銘詩文擷取杜甫七言律詩「秋興八首」中的第三首，抒情深摯，體現
          California estate, by repute                        了其晚年悲壯的思想情感。金湅（1841-1909），字心蘭，江蘇蘇州人。擅長
          Nangokudo LLC, California, November 2020            山水花卉紋題材，尤梅為其特長，與顧子山、吳昌碩、顧若波、胡三橋、倪墨
          Rasti Fine Art, Hong Kong, 2021                     耕、吳秋農等並稱「怡園七子」。


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