ULTRA RARE !!! GENUINE FRAMED CHINESE DALI DREAMSTONE MARBLE DISC ! SIGNED

ULTRA RARE !!! GENUINE FRAMED CHINESE DALI DREAMSTONE MARBLE DISC ! SIGNED 

SIGNED ON THE MARBLE 

FANTASTIC MINT CONDITION 

MEASUREMENTS AS FOLLOW 

28.5 CM X 28.5 CM FRAMED 

THE MARBLE DISC ITSELF MEASURES 16.5 CM X 16.5 CM 

Dali Dreamstones are marble slabs of smaller or larger size, which are mined, cut and polished by stone masters to reveal extraordinary patterns that resemble traditional Chinese or Japanese paintings, or indeed Western abstract art depictions of natural phenomena—a landscape comprised of mountain, forest and lake—or else a stylized human figure—an old man, for example

The raw marble slabs for Dali objects are mined from a massif called Cangshan, whose stone, a congenial enterprise of Nature, embodies highly unusual, evocative striations and colors. After selecting, cutting and polishing the marble, its revealed designs are categorized into three basic types: yunhui (grey clouds), moshi or baishi (white jade), and caihua (colored flowers). Today there’s a renewed interest in this work, but appreciation of Dali marble as art goes back to at least the early Tang Dynasty (618-907). During the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) a portion of the Dali Kingdom’s annual tribute to the Song Court had to be paid in Dali marble. It was even used in construction of the Forbidden City.

SHIPPING FOR THIS ITEM WILL BE R 55.00 VIA NORMAL POST OFFICE OR POSTNET TO POSTNET AT R99.00 

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