A FINE SILVER- AND GOLD-WIRE INLAID LACQUER BRUSHPOT

Description:

China, silver-inlaid four-character mark wei tian zizheng zhi, late Qing dynasty
12,8 x 9,3 x 9,3 cm
Old French private collection assembled before 1980 by repute
Tian Zhisheng, surnamed Zizheng, from Weiin County, Shandong Province, was the son of Tian Rongrui (1836-1885), he and his younger brother Tian Zhimin (1863-1939) were known to produce lacquerware with silver inlays - Very minor traces of use