Scholar's Rock

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]

Lot 3302. A black 'Lingbi' scholar's rock, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 28.5 cm., 11/4 in. Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,660,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. a 'Lingbi' limestone of black tone with white veining, oriented three different ways on three separate zitan stands. Note: Lingbi stones are found at Mt. Panshi, Lingbi county, Anwei province.  The black stones are the most prized.  In Dongtian qinglu (Pure Record of a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 161. A lingbi scholar's rock, dated to 1877; 30cm., 11 7/8 in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold  10,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. of vertical orientation with various dramatic crevices and recesses, the black limestone with areas of off-white staining to one side, inscribed to the reverse, carved wood stand. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 11 november 2015

Lot 1232. A large scholar's rock; 38¼ in. (97 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  The form rising from a narrow base to a large irregular overhang, with numerous crevices and rounded hollows, the creamy beige stone with waxy surface, 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. 42, fig.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1228. A grey lingbi scholar's rock, Song dynasty or later; 23 1/8 in. (58.7 cm.) across. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 80,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  With wide, diagonally set overhang, the form suggestive of two cresting waves or of a landscape with a ravine separating a low mountain range in the foreground and a monumental peak in the distance, the resonant, finely wrinkled, grey stone with some white horizontal... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1227. A black lingbi Y-shaped scholar's rock, 18th-19th century; 21 in. (53.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 37,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  The central, undulating shaft rising vertically from a small base and branching to form a 'Y' shape with one long and one short branch, the lustrous, evenly colored black stone with richly textured, dimpled surface, late 18th/19th century Jiangnan-style wood stand.  Literature: N. Berliner,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1225. An unusual milky blue-glazed stoneware model of a scholar's rock in a jardiniere, 18th-19th century; 13½ in. (34.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 8,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  The pierced 'rock' modeled with a tall overhanging central peak flanked by smaller branching peaks, set within a hexalobed jardinière raised on four ruyi-head feet, covered overall with a milky blue glaze thinning to a pale beige on the raised areas.  ... [Lire la suite]