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A VERY RARE DUAN INKSTONE AND FITTED LACQUER BOX
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A VERY RARE DUAN INKSTONE AND FITTED LACQUER BOX
17TH CENTURY
The inkstone carved as an archaistic bronze mirror with a pair of phoenix in flight around the central pierced knob and encircled by saw-tooth and classic meander borders, the palette to the reverse, with a plain, slightly convex surface, the fitted lacquer box and cover simulating burlwood (small nicks to edges of inkstone, age cracks on box repaired)--4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) diam.
17TH CENTURY
The inkstone carved as an archaistic bronze mirror with a pair of phoenix in flight around the central pierced knob and encircled by saw-tooth and classic meander borders, the palette to the reverse, with a plain, slightly convex surface, the fitted lacquer box and cover simulating burlwood (small nicks to edges of inkstone, age cracks on box repaired)--4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) diam.