Hand-Carved Scholar's Objects
Color: Black
Technique: Hand-Carved
Chinese Spinach Green Jade Incense Tool Vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and well carved Chinese spinach jade incense tool vase, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong or Jiaqing Period, 18th/19th century, China.
The small jade vase ...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Carved Scholar's Objects
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Jade
Chinese Horse and Full Moon Inkstone, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Scholarly pursuits such as painting, calligraphy, and poetry were a highly respected and revered subculture in ancient China, and demanded their own set of tools that were not only functional, but also beautiful. Scholars relied on inkstones such as this one to mix their dry inks with water for use in calligraphy painting. This stone inkstone is covered in intricate carvings of crashing waves, surrounding the image of a horse bearing a saddle. Covered in scales, the horse is likely a longma, or "dragon horse...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Carved Scholar's Objects
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Stone
China "Glowing River Light" Extraordinary Natural Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Extraordinary natural work, one of a kind
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of a glowing sunset river flow suggest could remind us of a similar and unique visual...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Hand-Carved Scholar's Objects
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Marble
Sacred Silver and Conch Shell Trumpet, Tibet, 19th Century
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Conch shell recipient and container for holy water used in ceremonies. Known as “Buddha ears”, they were mounted as a sound instrument. Such shells are important ritual objects in Tibetan Buddhism...
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19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Hand-Carved Scholar's Objects
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Silver
Chinese Painted Soapstone Scholar's Rock Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Chinese hand painted soapstone scholar's rock sculpture. This large hand carved soapstone sculpture is hand painted with white flowers pa...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Hand-Carved Scholar's Objects
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Cast Stone
Large Amazonite Crystal
Located in Vosselaar, BE
An unusually large Amozonite crystal with faceted faces. Amazonite is a rare mineral found in remote Russian mountain regions. When first described they were falsly thought to be the...
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Early 20th Century Russian Hand-Carved Scholar's Objects
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Stone
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Chinese Calligraphy Brush Bone Handle
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Old Japanese Stone Figurine in the Shape of Daruma / Scholar's Stone
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