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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY OF K’UNG HSIANG-HSI
2012
A RECTANGULAR DUAN INK STONE
18TH-19TH CENTURY

The stone is of dark purplish-brown color, and carved with tall
bamboo, pine and prunus trees (the ‘Three Friends of Winter’),
which are interrupted in the center by the circular grinding surface.
8æ in. (22.2 cm.) long, ftted wood box

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:

The K’ung Hsiang-Hsi (Kong Xiangxi, 1881- 1967) Collection,
New York, and thence by descent within the family.

清十八/十九世紀 端石雕「歲寒三友」長方硯

2013
A CARVED DUAN INK STONE
19TH CENTURY

Of dark purplish-brown color, the D-shaped inkstone is carved on
the top with swirling and crashing waves around the irregularly-
shaped well and grinding surface.
4¡ in. (11 cm.) long, carved hongmu ftted box

$6,000-8,000

2012 PROVENANCE:

The K’ung Hsiang-Hsi (Kong Xiangxi, 1881- 1967) Collection,

New York, and thence by descent within the family.

清十九世紀 端石雕水波紋隨形硯

2013

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