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A Scholars Rock, China.

Estimate
50 000 - 75 000 SEK
4 750 - 7 120 EUR
4 990 - 7 490 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A Scholars Rock, China.

The stone of reddish color and formed with jagged outcrops and protrusions, with leighter veining providing an attractive contrast. Height with wooden stand 65,5 cm.

Wear.

More information

In China, starting from Song dynasty (960-1279 AD), naturally occurring eroded rocks were highly appreciated. They were usually placed in gardens or study rooms for meditative or aesthetic purposes. In English they are called scholar’s rocks, because they were often found in scholar’s study rooms.
The most appreciated ones were naturally carved by erosion. However, erosive marks were sometimes craftily enhanced such as in the example below. An artist would drill small holes in a rock of an erodible material and afterwards threw it into a lake or river.