OBJECTS FOR THE SCHOLAR'S DESK, Hong Kong 2017
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Playthings

CATALOGUE 2017

A SMALL AGATE TABLE SCREEN

QING DYNASTY, 18-19TH CENTURY

HEIGHT (INCLUDING STAND): 14CM; WIDTH OF AGATE: 12.5CM

The agate is fashioned from a flat, rectangular section inset horizontally within a wooden frame. The stone is overall a translucent buff colour with pale brown undertones, black speckling, and opaque white crystalline inclusions which together produce an abstract landscape akin to dreamstone marbles.

PROVENANCE
Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat

清十八/ 十九世紀 瑪腦山水紋硯屏