A PAIR OF FRAMED 'DREAMSTONE' WALL PLAQUES
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF FRAMED 'DREAMSTONE' WALL PLAQUES 18TH/19TH CENTURY One of horizontal format, the warm ivory stone with black and grey markings, with an inscription comparing the mottling of the stone to a bird in flight before sunset; the other of vertical format, the stone of ivory tone with muted brown inclusions resembling a mountain range, entitled Shan Yi Xiang Qiu Duo after a Jin dynasty poem by Yuan Haowen, and with two lengthy inscriptions after Gong Shitai (1298-1362) and the Tang poet Ma Dai Each 23 1/8 x 18 in. (58.7 x 45.7 cm.) framed
A PAIR OF FRAMED 'DREAMSTONE' WALL PLAQUES
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF FRAMED 'DREAMSTONE' WALL PLAQUES 18TH/19TH CENTURY One of horizontal format, the warm ivory stone with black and grey markings, with an inscription comparing the mottling of the stone to a bird in flight before sunset; the other of vertical format, the stone of ivory tone with muted brown inclusions resembling a mountain range, entitled Shan Yi Xiang Qiu Duo after a Jin dynasty poem by Yuan Haowen, and with two lengthy inscriptions after Gong Shitai (1298-1362) and the Tang poet Ma Dai Each 23 1/8 x 18 in. (58.7 x 45.7 cm.) framed
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