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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE DUTCH COLLECTION
A CARVED AND INSCRIBED TURQUOISE BOULDER

18TH CENTURY

    Price Realised GBP 22,500
    Estimate
    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000
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    A CARVED AND INSCRIBED TURQUOISE BOULDER

    18TH CENTURY

    Price Realised GBP 22,500
    Price Realised GBP 22,500
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    The boulder is carved with a mountainous landscape scene featuring tall trees, craggy rocks and waterfalls, with a four-character inscription to the front reading wan song die cui, which may be translated as 'ten thousand pine trees, overlapping greenery'.
    6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) long


    Provenance
    With Joseph M. Morpugo, Amsterdam, 21 October 1975.
    Private Dutch Collection, acquired in 1975, then by descent within the family.
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