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A Chinese lapis lazuli mountain scene, depicting tiny figures…
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Melbourne
Date:
25-Oct-2015
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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, 6 cm 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.
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Oriental: Zother