15th Oct, 2021 10:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 42
 

42

A LINGBI STONE SCHOLAR’S ROCK, GONGSHI, QING DYNASTY
清代靈璧供石

Sold for €506

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

China, 1644-1912. Of upright irregular form, reminiscent of a crashing wave. The dark areas of the stone are interspersed with characteristic white striations.

Provenance: From a private collection in the United Kingdom.
Condition: Presenting very well with fine old wear and scattered soil encrustations. One segment of the stone neatly reattached, showing associated old fills.

Weight: 1,203 g (the stone) and 1,293 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 19.3 cm (excl. stand) and 21.7 cm (incl. stand)

With a carved and fitted hardwood stand of irregular form supported on five feet. (2)

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related lingbi stone, also dated to the Qing dynasty and with similar characteristic white striations, but carved with an interior well, “presumably to function as a brush washer”, at Christie’s New York, in The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Scholar’s Objects, on 17 March 2016, lot 1197, sold for USD 40,000.

清代靈璧供石
中國,1644-1912年。直立的不規則形狀,讓人聯想到洶湧的波浪。 石頭的黑暗區域散佈著極其特殊白色脈絡。

來源:英國私人收藏

品相:舊時磨損和散落的土壤結殼。一塊石頭整齊地重新連接,顯示出舊時填充物。

重量:靈璧石1,203克,含底座總 1,293 克
尺寸:靈璧石高19.3 厘米,總21.7 厘米

配置不規則形狀的硬木五足底座 (2)

拍賣結果比較:一件清代相似脈絡的靈璧石筆洗﹐見紐約佳士得The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Scholar’s Objects 2016年3月17日 lot 1197, 售價USD 40,000

 

China, 1644-1912. Of upright irregular form, reminiscent of a crashing wave. The dark areas of the stone are interspersed with characteristic white striations.

Provenance: From a private collection in the United Kingdom.
Condition: Presenting very well with fine old wear and scattered soil encrustations. One segment of the stone neatly reattached, showing associated old fills.

Weight: 1,203 g (the stone) and 1,293 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 19.3 cm (excl. stand) and 21.7 cm (incl. stand)

With a carved and fitted hardwood stand of irregular form supported on five feet. (2)

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related lingbi stone, also dated to the Qing dynasty and with similar characteristic white striations, but carved with an interior well, “presumably to function as a brush washer”, at Christie’s New York, in The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Scholar’s Objects, on 17 March 2016, lot 1197, sold for USD 40,000.

清代靈璧供石
中國,1644-1912年。直立的不規則形狀,讓人聯想到洶湧的波浪。 石頭的黑暗區域散佈著極其特殊白色脈絡。

來源:英國私人收藏

品相:舊時磨損和散落的土壤結殼。一塊石頭整齊地重新連接,顯示出舊時填充物。

重量:靈璧石1,203克,含底座總 1,293 克
尺寸:靈璧石高19.3 厘米,總21.7 厘米

配置不規則形狀的硬木五足底座 (2)

拍賣結果比較:一件清代相似脈絡的靈璧石筆洗﹐見紐約佳士得The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Scholar’s Objects 2016年3月17日 lot 1197, 售價USD 40,000

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