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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

















































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