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A LINGBI SCHOLAR’S ROCK A VERTICAL JINWEN SCHOLAR’S ROCK A SCHOLAR’S ROCK
Of vertical orientation, branching into two Of tall columnar form, the surface lustrous Rising vertically to suggest an eagle perched
large protuberances, the swirling form with a chocolate brown tone and attractive on a rock, as in the paintings of Lin Liang
suggesting an ancient, gnarled tree, the stone caramel bands, the inscribed wood stand (1424－1500), the contours of the form with
of dark gray tone with various white striations, reading “Jin wen shi”, a copy of Classical sharp, blade-like edges, the stone of dark
the surface glossy and smooth, wood stand. Chinese Rocks included with the lot. 15 3/4in brown tone, the surface with many small
25in (63.5cm) high (40cm) high convex protuberances reminiscent of pebbled
$3,000 - 5,000 $6,000 - 8,000 leather, wood stand.
19in (48.3cm) high
靈璧石供 錦紋石石供 $3,000 - 5,000
Provenance 石供
Christie’s New York 20 September 2002, lot 107
Niliuzhai Collection
Published
David Ren 中國古代賞石 Classical Chinese
Rocks, Beijing, 2002, pp. 234-235.
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