Scholar's Rock

Lot 9861. Chinese Yingde limestone scholar's rock, Northern style wood stand, overall height 16.25". Sold for $1,100 (Estimate: $800 - $1,200). © Clars Auction Gallery. Lot 9862. Three Chinese beige limestone scholar's rocks, each arranged horizontally resembling a mountain range, Northern style wood stands, widest 10.25". Sold for $325 (Estimate: $600 - $800). © Clars Auction Gallery. Lot 9863. Chinese yellow wax stone scholar's rock, the top... [Lire la suite]

Lot 225. Liu Dan, Scholar's Rock in the Xiao Gushan Guan Collection, ink on paper, framed, painted in 2022, signed, titled and inscribed in Chinese, marked with one seal of the artist, 47 by 68 cm, 18½ by 26¾ in. Lot sold: £94,500 (Estimate: £50,000 - 80,000). © 2022 Sotheby's. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist. Note: As an intellectual painter, Liu Dan chooses to portray subjects that seem deceptively simple in form, yet upon further inspection, or realisation of physical... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6104. Anonymous (Qing Dynasty), Scholar's Rock, ink on paper, mounted for framing, 80.3 x 145.5 cm. 31⅝ x 57¼ in. Lot sold: 60,480 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 20,000 HKD). © 2022 Sotheby's. Provenance: Adrian M. Joseph, Hong Kong, 7th May 1979 Sotheby's. Inkspiration: Chinese Paintings & Manuscripts Online, Hong Kong, 20 December 2022

Lot 840. Zeng Xiaojun (b. 1954), Scholar's Rock, ink on paper, framed, 120.5 x 76.5 cm. 47⅜x 30⅛in. Estimate: 70,000 - 90,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, Labyrinths: Contemporary Ink Paintings By Zeng Xiaojun, 8-24 Nov, 2013. Sotheby's. Inkspiration: Chinese Paintings Online, Hong Kong, 30 Jul 2021 - 11 Aug 2021

Lot 2044. A yellow Lingbi scholar's rock, Ming-Qing dynasty; l. 61 cm, wood stand l. 66 cm. Estimate: 70,000 - 90,000 HKD. Lot sold: 50,400 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, in 2007. Sotheby's. Eclectic, Hong Kong, 14 July 2021

Lot 2005. Xu Guodong (b. 1956), Scholar's Rock #7. Executed in 1990s. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold: 44,100 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Chambers Fine Art, New York, 2006. Sotheby's. Eclectic, Hong Kong, 14 July 2021

Lot 432. A Scholar's Rock, Song-Qing Dynasty; 15.3 cm, 6 in. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 HKD. Lot sold 50,000 HKD (5,698 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. horizontally oriented, the dark grey stone with a jagged surface and marked with protrusions and perforations, wood stand. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 05 June 2020 

Lot 5019. Zhan Wang (B. 1962), Untitled (Scholar's Rock), stainless steel and wooden base; rock: 44 by 34 by 24 cm.   17⅜ by 13⅜ by 9⅜ in., stand: 19 by 33 by 15 cm.     7½ by 13 by 5⅞ in.,overall: 48.5 by 40.5 by 28 cm.   19 by 16 by 11 in. Executed in 2006, this work is number 3 from an edition of 4. Estimate 350,000 — 550,000 HKD. Sold for 437,500 HKD (51,765 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Seymour Gallery, LondonPrivate... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1110. A gray Ying scholar's rock, Qing dynasty (1644-1911); 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 11,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2016 The rock is of an elongated lozenge shape, with white striations running through the craggy surface, hongmu stand.  Provenance: David Kidd (1926-1996) Collection, Japan. Literature: S. Slesin, et al., Japanese Style, New York, 1988, p. 65.N. Grindley, The Ian and Susan... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3303. An extremely rare 'Tang Ying' stone imitation 'Lingbi' scholar's rock, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century; 27.5 cm., 10 1/2 in. Estimate 1,800,000 — 2,500,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,180,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the metallic black-glazed porcelain imitating a horizontal 'Lingbi' scholar's rock with pitted surface, protrusions, perforations, and metallic resonance, impressed with a Tang Ying seal mark reading zhen tao ya wan ('Making elegant playthings... [Lire la suite]