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QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Details
A SET OF MINIATURE ITEMS FOR THE SCHOLAR’S DESK
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The group comprises three bamboo brushes, a knife and metal sheath, a bamboo bitong inscribed with a poem referring to the scene and followed by two seals possibly reading zi and yong, a wood screen stand, a jadeite stand, a Duan ink stone with hongmu cover inscribed with two characters reading san xing (three stars), a rock crystal lotus leaf-form brush washer, an ink cake with inscriptions identifying its name and its maker's name Zhan Dayou, and a coral branch.
The longest 2 ¾ in. (6.9 cm.) long, fitted cloth box
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The group comprises three bamboo brushes, a knife and metal sheath, a bamboo bitong inscribed with a poem referring to the scene and followed by two seals possibly reading zi and yong, a wood screen stand, a jadeite stand, a Duan ink stone with hongmu cover inscribed with two characters reading san xing (three stars), a rock crystal lotus leaf-form brush washer, an ink cake with inscriptions identifying its name and its maker's name Zhan Dayou, and a coral branch.
The longest 2 ¾ in. (6.9 cm.) long, fitted cloth box
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Exhibited
Pasadena, Pacificulture-Asia Museum, 13 June–15 August 1976.
Third: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
Third: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
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