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A Shisou silver-inlaid bronze callgrapher's set
comprising a ruyi-sceptre, a brushrest in the form of a mountain group, a rectangular ink cake stand, a flattened waterpot, a rectangular inkbox and cover containing an inkstone, three tapering rectangular seals, a cylindrical brushpot and a baluster vase, all decorated with bands of scrolling lotus, bats among cloud-scrolls, bamboo sprays, key-frets and lines of calligraphy, fitted zitan wood rectangular tray -- the tray 15.1/4.in (38.8cm) wide, each piece signed Shisou, 16th/17th Century, (two pieces with degradation to bronze, one piece missing from tray).
See Colour Plate.
For similar example see: "Later Chinese Bronzes" by Rose Kerr, Victria and Albert Museum, pages 63-65.
comprising a ruyi-sceptre, a brushrest in the form of a mountain group, a rectangular ink cake stand, a flattened waterpot, a rectangular inkbox and cover containing an inkstone, three tapering rectangular seals, a cylindrical brushpot and a baluster vase, all decorated with bands of scrolling lotus, bats among cloud-scrolls, bamboo sprays, key-frets and lines of calligraphy, fitted zitan wood rectangular tray -- the tray 15.1/4.in (38.8cm) wide, each piece signed Shisou, 16th/17th Century, (two pieces with degradation to bronze, one piece missing from tray).
See Colour Plate.
For similar example see: "Later Chinese Bronzes" by Rose Kerr, Victria and Albert Museum, pages 63-65.