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7 mars 2020

A rare 'chrysanthemum stone' scholar's rock

2010_NYR_02339_1223_000(a_rare_chrysanthemum_stone_scholars_rock)

Lot 1223. A rare 'chrysanthemum stone' scholar's rock; 12 3/8 in. (31.3 cm.) highEstimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000Price realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010. 

The blackish-grey stone of delicate, tracery-like form, with greyish-white 'chrysanthemum' inclusions, wood stand

Literature: R. Rosenblum, Art of the Natural World: Resonances of Wild Nature in Chinese Sculptural Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2001, p. 60, fig. 35.

NoteA slightly larger 'chrysanthemum stone' scholar's rock is illustrated in Zhongguo gu dai shang shi (Classical Chinese Rocks), Beijing, 2002, p. 229, which was sold in these rooms, 20 September 2002, lot 84.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 16 - 17 September 2010

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