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

67.
A MALACHITE MOUNTAIN-FORM SCHOLAR’S ROCK

18th - 19th Century

of natural botryoidal form, flattened at the base and polished all over to resemble a mountain range of forested slopes around a steep weathered central peak, on fitted hongmu stand.

Width 7 12 inches (19 cm); Width with base 9 18 inches (23.2 cm)

Malachite is among the types of desirable stones listed in the famous Song dynasty treatise, the Yunlin shipu (Stone Catalogue of Cloudy Forest) by Du Wan, published in the first half of the 12th century.

十八-十九世紀    孔雀石隨形山子    寬 23.2 厘米