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ANONYMOUS
19th century
Ink and colour on paper, a set of twelve small
paintings, each depicting a unique and well-detailed
‘scholar’s rock’ with its respective name to the top
right, framed and glazed.
17cm (6 11/16in) long x 7.2cm (2 13/16) wide. (12).
£2,000 - 4,000
CNY18,000 - 36,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十九世紀 賞石圖 一組十二幅 紙本設色 鏡框裝裱

The collecting and connoisseurship of extraordinary
shaped rocks has a long and compelling history
in Chinese aesthetic culture. Throughout the
centuries both emperors and the scholar-elite have
considered the rocks’ unusual forms worthy of
contemplation in both an exterior garden setting as
well as inside the home. Enjoyed for their dynamic
shapes that could be judged with similar criteria
used for calligraphy — traditionally the highest art
form in China - or appreciated for their resemblance
to lofty mountains or coiled dragons, fantastic rocks
(guaishi) were prized for their abstract qualities as
well as their inspiration for imagination.
399 (two of twelve)
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