Details
A pair of Chinese black and gold lacquer rectangular boxes and covers
decorated with lines of calligraphy, each containing nine rectangular ink sticks carved with travellers on horseback, Immortals and attendants on terraces, bridges and before screens in rocky landscapes, and figures in boats below lines of gilt calligraphy, the reverses with further lines of calligraphy and sealmarks in gilt -- the boxes 8¼.in (21cm) long and each stick 6cm long, silk box, Daoguang. See Colour Plate 13. (2)
decorated with lines of calligraphy, each containing nine rectangular ink sticks carved with travellers on horseback, Immortals and attendants on terraces, bridges and before screens in rocky landscapes, and figures in boats below lines of gilt calligraphy, the reverses with further lines of calligraphy and sealmarks in gilt -- the boxes 8¼.in (21cm) long and each stick 6cm long, silk box, Daoguang. See Colour Plate 13. (2)