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A RARE ROOT-WOOD AND STONE LOTUS-FORM
SCULPTURE
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The sculpture is naturalistically rendered as a large half-closed lotus
leaf supported on a gnarled stem with two pebbles enveloped by
further ‘budding leaves’, all supported on the single root stem.
17æ in. (45 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000
The current lot is accompanied by an inscribed Japanese wood box dated
to August, 28th year of the Meiji reign (1895).
清 天然木蓮形擺件
此擺件之原裝日本木盒上書有「明治二十八年八月」 (1895) 紀年。
46 BEYOND WHITE CLOUDS 出雲疊嶂 — 文人案頭賞石
