清 石化木供

vertically oriented, the extensively ridged and jagged petrified wood carving of a variegated brown colour

Richard Rosenblum 收藏

Overall good condition. The structure of fossilised wood is inherently abrasive, and there are fragile areas of the extremities which have been bruised and are slightly more abrasive. The upper surfaces have been smoothed through the ages.
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