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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION 清 田黃巧雕賢媛四藝圖山子
A LARGE TIANHUANG ‘FOUR SCHOLARLY 來源:
ACCOMPLISHMENTS’ BOULDER
QING DYNASTY 蔡辰男收藏,1980年代末入藏
the substantial stone of irregular mountain form, intricately
carved through the milky honey-brown skin in shallow relief,
one face depicting two ladies playing weiqi around a table
surrounded by attendants, on the left a lady and an attendant
crossing a bridge, all set amongst a fenced garden with a
gnarled prunus tree and overhanging willow, the reverse
similarly decorated with a lady seated on a rocky ledge reading
a book, beside a group of further ladies appreciating a scroll
painting in a garden with plantain, the stone of a rich caramel-
brown tone with orange mottling and veins, wood stand
w. 10.5 cm, 4⅛ in.
1000gr
PROVENANCE
Collection of Tsai Chen-Nan, acquired in the late 1980s.
HK$ 3,000,000-5,000,000
US$ 384,000-640,000
206 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比