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
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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
4.
A PUDDINGSTONE TIGER-FORM MAT WEIGHT
Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220)
Width 3 inches (7.7 cm)