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A CHINESE LAPIS LAZULI MOUNTAIN SCENE
depicting tiny figures standing amongst bending pine trees, and a thatched pavilion nestled amidst a wooded mountainous landscape, the stone of intense blue, with white calcite veins, the mountain crags cleverly worked into the natural fissures of the stone, on fitted wood stand, 6cm at highest point
Reference: please refer to Skinner's Asian Works of Art, Boston, 23 April 2013, lot 365
Provenance: purchased 1970s; Ex Private Collection, Japan; thence by descent to the current owner.
Sold for $800
Lot 120
depicting tiny figures standing amongst bending pine trees, and a thatched pavilion nestled amidst a wooded mountainous landscape, the stone of intense blue, with white calcite veins, the mountain crags cleverly worked into the natural fissures of the stone, on fitted wood stand, 6cm at highest point
Reference: please refer to Skinner's Asian Works of Art, Boston, 23 April 2013, lot 365
Provenance: purchased 1970s; Ex Private Collection, Japan; thence by descent to the current owner.
Estimate $800 - $1,200
Asian Art, Classic Furniture & Objects
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8080
12:00pm - 25 October 2015
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
21 October 9am-8pm
22-23 October 10am-4pm
24 October 10am-5pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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