J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio
March 13 - April 11, 2015
40.
A CARVED BLACK STONE BRUSHREST
Ming Dynasty, Late 15th-Early 16th Century
in the form of five angular stylized mountain peaks representing the Five Sacred Mountains of China above a crouching qilin within an aureole of flames on the flat front and a two-story pavilion amidst puffy clouds on the bowed reverse, all carved in openwork and stepped relief, with incised linear details, the stone of lashi type with glossy polished surface, showing remains of cinnabar red earth in the recesses.
Length 5 3⁄8 inches (13.7 cm)
A Ming dynasty black stone brushrest carved in the same style is illustrated in Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum, No. 4: Scholar’s Desk Materials from the Libraries of the Daimyo, Nagoya, 1988, p. 63, no. 137.
明 黑蠟石五嶽筆山 長 13.7 厘米
