Lot 1234. A black lingbi horizontal mountainscape, 19th century; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) across. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010. 

With a prominent overhanging peak flanked by three smaller peaks, the resonant stone of deep black color with a network of criss-crossing greyish-white veins, the wood stand probably late 19th century. 

Literature: R.D. Mowry, Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholars' Rocks, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 1997, p. 169.

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