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A fengling stone mountain, Qing dynasty

A fengling stone mountain, Qing dynasty. Photo Sotheby's resembling a pierced rocky mountain peak, the weathered surface enlivened with rhythmically spaced hollows, the black velvety stone with a softly wrinkled surface texture, wood stand. Quantité:...

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4 janvier 2014

An agate mountain, Qing dynasty

An agate mountain, Qing dynasty. Photo Sotheby's modelled in the form of an irregular jagged mountain, the stone of an opaque greyish tone suffused with golden-yellow inclusions, wood stand. Quantité: 2 - 12cm., 4 3/4 in. Estimation 4,000 — 6,000 GBP....

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1 janvier 2014

A 'Three Friends of Winter' smoky rock crystal brushpot, Late Qing Dynasty

A 'Three Friends of Winter' smoky rock crystal brushpot, Late Qing Dynasty. Photo courtesy Bonhams. The grey-toned crystal carved as a hollowed bamboo shaft with two smaller shoots of bamboo carved in relief beside a branch of flowering prunus and another...

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31 décembre 2013

A pale green jade 'landscape' boulder, 19th century

A pale green jade 'landscape' boulder, 19th century. Photo Bonhams. The pale green stone carved with the figure of a scholar and a boy in front of an overhanging cliff supporting a thatched hut beside a path leading over a humped bridge and past a tall...

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31 décembre 2013

A green and russet jade 'lingzhi fungus' washer, 17th century

A green and russet jade 'lingzhi fungus' washer, 17th century. Photo Bonhams. The green stone with some mottled inclusions and retaining areas of the russet skin, the stone carved as a broad opening floral cup surrounded by twisting reticulated branches...

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Tags: 17th century, washer, green and russet jade, 'lingzhi fungus'

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31 décembre 2013

A very rare rhinoceros horn 'scholars in landscape' libation cup, 17th-18th century

A very rare rhinoceros horn 'scholars in landscape' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The horn of a rich honey tone darkening to reddish-brown on the interior, intricately carved with a continuous scene of two scholars conversing on beside...

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Tags: libation cup, rhinoceros horn, 17th-18th century, 'scholars in landscape'

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31 décembre 2013

A very rare rhinoceros horn 'pine' libation cup, 17th-18th century

A very rare rhinoceros horn 'pine' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The broad-lipped glossy cup formed as a pine trunk with detailed oval knots carved in low relief, the handle shaped as a twisted pine branch issuing groups of pine needles,...

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31 décembre 2013

A rhinoceros horn 'chilong and flowers' libation cup, 17th-18th century

A rhinoceros horn 'chilong and flowers' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The horn of dark amber tone and carved with one single-horned chilong with a spray of lingzhi fungus in its mouth balancing between a magnolia bud and a lotus leaf...

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31 décembre 2013

A 'magnolia and lingzhi fungus' rhinoceros horn libation cup, 18th century

A 'magnolia and lingzhi fungus' rhinoceros horn libation cup, 18th century. Photo Bonhams. The exterior smoothly carved with a single branch of magnolia issuing two heavy blossoms beneath the lip beside a smaller bud, the handle formed from two twisting...

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26 décembre 2013

A group of eight hardstone seals

A group of eight hardstone seals. Photo Bonhams. Together comprising a partial set of the twelve zodiac figures, each of small square section surmounted by an incised and undercut animal finial, the undersides bearing various Confucian aphorisms in seal...

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