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750 Y
A DUAN STONE TABLE SCREEN
18th/19th century
Carved in relief on one side with an exotic
long-tailed bird perched on a bamboo branch
above pierced rockwork, the moon subtly
depicted in the upper right corner, carved
hongmu stand.
The screen 35.5cm (14in) wide x 26cm
(10 1/4in) high. (2).

£1,200 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八/十九世紀 修竹鳥棲圖端石硯屏

See related examples illustrated by Hu
Desheng, Inlay Furniture in the Palace
Museum Collection: Classics of the Forbidden
City, Beijing, 2013, nos.192 and 193; see also
another example illustrated in The Chinese
Scholars’ Desk, 17th to 18th century, Oxford,
1979, no.79.

751 Y
A GUQIN-SHAPED DUAN INKSTONE
750 Qing Dynasty
Skilfully carved in the shape of a guqin of
compressed proportions with a smoothly-
concave inkwell, the seven strings carved in
low relief starting from the head, yueshan, to
the end, jiaowei, flanked by two archaistic chi
dragons, hongmu box and cover.
20.1cm (8in) long. (3).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,100 - 14,000

清 端石琴式硯

Compare with a duan inkstone of similar
form, late Qing dynasty, which is illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum: The Four Treasures of the
Study-Writing Paper and Inkstones, Hong
Kong, 2005, p.198, pl.141.

751

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