A pair of marble 'Drum' stools, Ming Dynasty. Photo: Sotheby's

each of barrel shape carved in low relief with rounded bosses around the top and bottom imitating drum studs, the body carved with a continuous lush landscape with birds and flowers, one with a phoenix perched on a peony branch on one side and chrysanthemum and prunus with a pair of magpies on the reverse, the other with an egret in a lotus pond and a small monkey and a bird on a peach branch, the stone of white tone with natural veining; 46.5 by 33 cm., 18 1/4 by 13 in. Estimation 500,000 — 700,000 HKD - Unsold

Sotheby's. Contemporary Literati — A Gathering, Hong Kong, 07 avr. 2014 - www.sothebys.com