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PROPERTY FROM THE IAN FALCONER COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM THE IAN FALCONER COLLECTION
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FOUR WOOD ‘SCHOLAR’S ROCKS’ TWO VERTICAL SCHOLAR’S ROCKS
The first carved and lacquered to suggest a monkey seated in a gnarly One of warm reddish tone with fine striations, the sharp edges
tree growing from a rock, the second lacquered and resembling a dramatically jagged and hollowed; the other of pale whitish stone
towering peak, the third of root wood and the fourth carved from darkening at the middle and base, of triangular section and
boxwood to resemble a Taihu rock; two with wood stands. mountainous form; two wood stands.
The largest 13in (33cm) high (6). 14 3/8 and 17in (36.5cm and 43cm) high (4).
$2,000 - 3,000 $2,000 - 4,000
木仿賞石四件 賞石兩件
Provenance: Provenance:
Ian Falconer Ian Falconer
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