Fine Chinese Works of Art - 13th November 2018
Lot 88
A CHINESE GREY-GREEN DUAN STONE INKSTONE QING DYNASTY Carved with a dragon exhaling smoke and a...
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
A CHINESE GREY-GREEN DUAN STONE INKSTONE
QING DYNASTY
Carved with a dragon exhaling smoke and a sacred pearl of wisdom, the reverse with a poem, together with a fitted wood box, 25.5cm. (3)
Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, The Four Treasures of the Study- Writing Paper and Inkstones, p.140, no.93 and p.171, no.117 for similar ink stones from different materials in wooden cases.