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A ‘BURSTING CLOUDS’ SCHOLAR’S ROCK, GONGSHI, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIOD
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12月16日 晚上6点 开拍 /6天18小时
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A ‘BURSTING CLOUDS’ SCHOLAR’S ROCK, GONGSHI, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIOD

China, late 19th–first half of the 20th century. Of irregular cloud-like form, pierced with numerous holes, rising from a narrow foot to a large bulbous top with protrusions, deep crevasses, and reticulation. The porous stone is of a distinctly black tone suffused with gray veins.

Provenance: US trade. Acquired from a private estate in Ohio, USA.
Condition: Good condition with wear and natural imperfections including natural fissures and age cracks. Small losses, expected surface wear, scattered nicks, old repairs, signs of weathering and erosion, and encrustations.

Weight: 16.4 kg (excl. stand), 17.8 kg (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 52 cm (excl. stand), 68 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on a fitted wood stand. (2)

As far back as the Song Dynasty, naturally weathered rocks were collected and displayed for pleasure and by the 17th century individual rocks were important and respected enough to have portraits commissioned. Exceptional examples possess good shape, texture and color, and have resonance when struck. Given these qualities a viewer can admire the strength of outline, perhaps seeing a mountain ridge or a rising cloud within the amorphous mass, and delight in following the twisting, undulating surface texture with their eyes. Transplanted from its original location where it was hewn by nature over thousands of years, a rock sitting on a scholar's desk can represent a whole world in miniature and allow the viewer's imagination to run.

Connoisseurs of scholar's rocks throughout the ages have boiled down their criteria for evaluating stones into twelve terms: thin, wrinkled, porous, permeable, clear, ugly, obtuse, clumsy, teal, powerful, beautiful, deep. Stones that have half of these features are considered rare and superior.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 18 March 2008, lot 253
Price: USD 22,500 or approx. EUR 30,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A black 'Ying' scholar's rock: dancing maiden
Expert remark: Compare the closely related color and top-heavy vertical section of perforated stone.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams New York, 14 September 2015, lot 8144
Price: USD 8,125 or approx. EUR 9,900 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A scholar’s rock
Expert remark: Compare the closely related color, top-heavy vertical section of perforated stone, and smaller size (39.5 cm).

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