OBJECTS FOR THE SCHOLAR'S DESK, Hong Kong 2018
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A LARGE ‘GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON’ BURLWOOD SCULPTURE

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

HEIGHT (INCLUDING BASE): 77CM

The sculpture is naturally formed from two twisted branches of burlwood, each accented with various perforations. The surface of the wood is smooth and patinated to a honey brown tone.

SIMILAR EXAMPLE
A ‘Grandfather and Grandson’ scholar’s rock is published in Gerard Tsang and Hugh Moss’ book Arts From the Scholar’s Studio, 1986, pp. 114-115, Catalogue No. 78.

PROVENANCE
Jean-Michel Beurdeley, Paris 1966 Published in: Beurdeley & Cie, Dans la tradition Zen, Paris, 1966, Catalogue No. 3

清代 癭木「袓孫岩」仿賞石