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□ 758 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

AN INSCRIBED GREEN ‘DUAN’ INKSTONE
MING DYNASTY

of rectangular form with a grinding surface and two recessed
wells, each side carved with a short inscription, the base with a
maker’s mark, zitan cover
16 cm, 6¼ in.
HK$ 10,000-15,000
US$ 1,300-1,950
明 綠端石刻文硯 連 紫檀蓋
758

□ 759 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE JOHN
GREGORY (1935-1996)
AN INSCRIBED INKSTONE
20TH CENTURY
modelled after a Qianlong period original, in the form of a large
furled leaf issuing clusters of fruits, detailed with apocryphal
inscriptions on both sides
18.6 cm, 7⅜ in.

HK$ 4,000-6,000
US$ 550-800
759
二十世紀 刻文石硯

760

AN AGATE ‘DRAGONFLY AND LOTUS’
GROUP
LATE QING DYNASTY – REPUBLICAN
PERIOD
rendered with a dragonfly in a lotus pond, with a short
inscription on the reverse, the translucent variegated stone
of milky-white colour suffused with brown and emerald-green
inclusions
6.4 cm, 2½ in.
HK$ 10,000-15,000
US$ 1,300-1,950
760
清末至民國 巧色瑪瑙荷花蜻蜓鎮紙

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