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8141 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

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A LARGE SCHOLAR’S ROCK
Of irregularly tall vertical section, the top-
heavy and asymmetrical black colored
stone perforated by numerous crevices
and streaked by veins of white inclusions,
supported by a fitted wood stand.
34 1/2in (87.6cm) height inclusive of stand
$4,000 - 6,000

大型賞石

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A LINGBI SCHOLAR’S ROCK
Short and narrow in an irregular tubular
shape, the gray-black stone densely
striated to form a sharp and craggy exterior,
supported by a custom made hardwood
stand carved to the contours of the underside
and incised with a 14-character archaistic
inscription across the front.
13in (33cm) long
$2,500 - 4,000

靈璧石供

The sardonic inscription quotes a Southern Song
ode referencing the artist Mi Fu’s legendarily
eccentric relationship with scholars’ rocks:

好藏莫便令人見
恐有痴情似米顛
Haocang mobian ling ren jian,
kong you chiqing si midian

‘The collector best not let other people see
his obsession,
lest they think him as infatuated as ‘Crazy Mi!’

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