Is the fact that the green natural hue has been carved in a cameo design. So it highlights the mountain peak, shown at the top, the pine and tree blossoms, the highly reliefed, carved pine tree issuing from the rock work at the base. So what theyve done is incorporate the natural features of the stone, or slate, to show a cameo effect. Its been mounted with iron painting hooks. However, it was never meant to be hung on a wall. It would have been on a reticulated bracket base, and stood 24 inches tall or so. The reason this is quite an unusual example is the fact that its a large piece of carved slate. Most duan examples are small inkstones. The carvings very, very highly worked, so its a good quarterinch off the base of the stone. Ten years ago, this would have been worth between 800 and 1,000 at auction. All right. However, chinas just become the second largest economy after america. The chinese are investing huge sums of money in decorative art, chinese works of art. Its difficult to
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