Green Mineral Scholar’s Rock on Inscribed Stone Base with Archaistic Deer Motif
Name/Title
Green Mineral Scholar’s Rock on Inscribed Stone Base with Archaistic Deer MotifEntry/Object ID
SC2408Description
Chinese scholar's display object comprising an irregular green mineral specimen mounted within a shaped recess in a dark brown-purple stone platform and accompanied by a carved wooden stand. The mineral specimen retains an extensively nodular and cavernous natural formation, with colors ranging from dark green-black to vivid green. The stone platform bears four large incised and gilt-filled Chinese characters, provisionally read from right to left as 藏珍閣藏 (Zangzhen Ge cang), approximately “Collection of the Zangzhen Pavilion.” Additional decoration includes an incised and white-filled archaistic deer with prominent antlers and geometric body ornament, smaller plant-like motifs, a pale circular element and a red-outlined vertical inscription cartouche that has not yet been deciphered. The precise mineral identities of the green specimen and stone platform remain undetermined.Type of Sculpture
Free StandingArtwork Details
Medium
Possible copper stone with slate-like baseCategory
Chinese carved stone
Made/Created
Artist
Maker presently unidentifiedTime Period
20th CenturyEthnography
Cultural Region
Continent
AsiaCulture/Tribe
Chinese