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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION
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A RARE ‘NINE-VIEW’ LINGBI SCHOLAR’S ROCK This unique rock can be shown from multiple angles and positions when
The diagonal peaks of black and grey color are interspersed with striations placed on alternative bases.
of paler color evoking waterfalls and patches of snow.
11 in. (34.5 cm) wide, lacquered softwood box, nine carved softwood stands For a discussion of similar scholars’ rocks that can be shown in diferent
by Clif A. Johnson, Los Angeles, 2007. positions, see Robert D. Mowry, Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard
Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholar’s Rocks, Harvard University Art
$12,000-18,000 Museums, 1997, pp. 169-71, no. 8; pp. 175-77, no. 11; pp. 185-86, no. 18; and
pp. 192-95, nos.23-24.
This rock is an exceptionally high-quality specimen of Lingbi, with an
attractive homogenous black surface and only limited occurrences of white
calcite. The stone exhibits the typical Lingbi luster and texture, and emits a
fne resonance when tapped with a metal object.
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