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

A PUDDINGSTONE TIGER-FORM MAT WEIGHT
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A PUDDINGSTONE TIGER-FORM MAT WEIGHT

Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220)

the plump cat with simplified stocky body tightly coiled and head turned sharply back, carved from a block of conglomerate rock, highly polished to heighten the color.

Width 3 inches (7.7 cm)

Ancient weights of this type, used at the corners of sitting mats in the Han dynasty, later were used by literati as a paperweight on the desk or as a weight when viewing a long handscroll.

漢    礫石虎形席鎮    寬 7.7 厘米

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A PUDDINGSTONE TIGER-FORM MAT WEIGHT

Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220)

Width 3 inches (7.7 cm)

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