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An unusual and rare item for the scholar with an interest in geological curiosities is this natural “faux bois” calligrapher’s inkstone shaped from a choice specimen of variegated stone with a pattern of alternating reddish-brown and light colored bands resembling wood grain. Easily mistaken for petrified wood, this is, however, stone formed over the eons by natural geological sedimentary deposits under high pressure...

A very unusual jade pig (“zhu”) or wild boar toggle in the archaistic style popularized during the late Ming and Ching dynasties (17th through 19th centuries). A formal or symmetrical pose, rather than a naturalistic posture, are typical or archaistic style jades, or jades which represent an intentional or sometimes fanciful interpretation of an ancient style, a trend in the Chinese decorative arts that is especially prevalent during the 18th century...

Pre-Ming Dynasty, Chinese; Liao or Yuan Dynasty. A small hardstone circular dish from northern China, with scrolled handles, angled walls and supported on a high, inverted foot, the underside with a recessed base and defined footring. An inside medallion depicts a phoenix feeding on the lingzhi fungus of immortality, charmingly represented in high relief with rather finely etched details...

A Ming to very early Ching dynasty white mutton fat jade cup. The double-handled vessel raised on a small circular foot, rendered in the archaistic style with two spiney-backed dragons grasping the mouthrim, their intertwining tails wrapped around either side of the cup in a swirling pattern executed in high relief. Mutton fat (nephrite jade) objects with their typically waxy texture predate jadeite carvings which became more available in the Ching dynasty...

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A fine Neolithic Jade Cong, Liangzhu Culture (circa 2500 BC) of a type found in present day southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang provinces. A blackish nephrite jade cong, mottled with red and brown, having concave sides and more typical of those found in Zhejiang province where status and prestige were apparently indicated by the intricacy of the decoration. Larger examples found in Jiangsu province are typically less finely worked...

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A beautifully proportioned Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220) jade of soft translucent yellow color. Pierced at its center, this perfectly circular and dome-shaped jade was completely hand-shaped. Magnification reveals its rather thick and rounded lip is slightly irregular and the surrounding hollowed out underside was worked by scraping and abrasion rather than one a wheel or lathe of the sort that would have been available from the Song Dynasty and later periods...

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INDIA. A LARGE HEWN MARBLE FLAT PAN. 19th to early 20th Century (pre-1950). A heavy stone rounded shallow basin or pan with slanted sides and a short handle hewn from a very pale pinkish/beige-colored, unpolished marble. Condition: No cracks; minor chips and wear from use as shown...

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