J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York

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Past Exhibition

Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio

March 13 - April 11, 2015

17.
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MODEL OF A SCHOLAR’S ROCK

18th Century

of rising knobbed form, the irregular surface enamelled in lapis-blue and turquoise-blue with gilded wires emphasizing the contour, and with green enamel along the edge of the flat base.

Height 3 78 inches (9.9 cm)

For a very similar rock, see the cloisonné enamel group with a standing crane in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cangpin daxi: falangqi bian 4, Qing qiansi falang (Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 4, Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty), Beijing, 2011, p. 116, no. 68.

十八世紀    嵌絲琺瑯石形擺件    高 9.9 厘米