QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A SET OF PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE WRITING IMPLEMENTS AND ZITAN BOX
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Comprising: two brushes; a square ink paste box and cover; a rectangular weight carved in low relief on top with a chilong; a smaller weight carved on top with archaistic C-scrolls; a stand-form ink rest; a pendant carved in openwork with the 'Three Friends', pine, prunus and bamboo; five small seals, one with recumbent animal knob; and a reddish-brown stone inkstone in a fitted wood box; together with a fitted zitan box and cover, the top of the cover with decoration of paler color sliding open to reveal a shallow compartment, and the interior of the box fitted with a pale blue silk-lined removable tray that holds the writing implements, above a separate drawer that slides out one end of the box
The box and cover: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm.) high, 11 9/16 in. (29.3 cm.) wide, 7 7/16 in. (18.8 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired in New York City in the early 20th century.

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Lot Essay

A closely related wood box with fitted compartments for various implements from the scholar's desk in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Imperial Packing Art of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 1991, p. 281, pl. 159.

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