$11,258
Ink Stone with Box, China, 19th century, the front side of the rectangular Songhua stone finely carved with a pair of stylized chilong enclosing a pendant-shaped inkwell, the reverse with inscriptions in a slightly concave panel, the stone encased in a fitted covered box made of Duan stone, the cover with elaborate relief carving of variation of archaic dragons and scrolls, 5 x 3 1/2 (ink stone), 6 x 4 in. (box). Little wear
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-12-04