OBJECTS FOR THE SCHOLAR'S DESK, Hong Kong 2016
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Rootwood Sculptures and Viewing Stones

CATALOGUE 2016

A TURQUOISE SCHOLAR’S ROCK

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

HEIGHT (EXCLUDING STAND): 11CM

The naturally formed vertical turquoise sculpture is enhanced with holes and jagged peaks after a scholar’s rock. The rock is well patinated and covered with veins and a dark grey matrix and rests on an original hardwood base carved with lotuses along a lotus pad design.

PROVENANCE
Collection of Mme Florine Langweil (1861-1958), Paris (No. 266)
Galerie Charpentier Auction House, Paris, 5 June 1959
Drouot Auction House, Paris, 17th and 19th November 1959, Lot 266

清十八世紀 松石山子