OBJECTS FOR THE SCHOLAR'S DESK, Hong Kong 2009
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A BLACK LINGBI SCHOLAR’S ROCK

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

DIAMETER: 13CM

The black, lustrous rock displays natural veining along the exterior and interior. The rock is accented with deep cavities and jagged cliffs.

SIMILAR EXAMPLE
A lingbi rock of similar composition and size, dated to the Song or Yuan dynasty, is published in Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholar’s Rocks, Cambridge, 1997, pp. 154-158, Catalogue No. 3

明代黑靈壁石擺件