19TH CENTURY

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AN INSCRIBED MANDARIN'S SILK 'CRIB SHEET'
19TH CENTURY
The fine silk sheet finely inscribed in black and red ink on both sides in 'fly's head' script, with text from the seventh book of Analects of Confucius, Shu er, "Transmission".
16½ in. x 16 1/8 in. (42 cm. x 40.8 cm.)

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The Collection of Jon Eric Riis (b.1945)

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Crib sheets such as this were smuggled into the examinations for the Chinese civil service by student candidates. These examinations were held in enormous halls in which the candidates were confined for 36 hours. If a crib sheet was discovered, the candidate was 'turned out'. For a discussion of the examination process see, V.M. Garrett, Mandarin Squares, New York, 1990, pp. 5 to 9, where a similar crib sheet is illustrated, p.8, fig. 2.4.

For a similar example, see Christie's New York, The Imperial Wardrobe, The Linda Wrigglesworth Collection, 19 March 2008, lot 124.