A FINE INSCRIBED INK DRAGON STICK WITH PEARL INLAY AND GILDING, AN INK STICK IN SHAPE OF A HAN DYNASTY ROOF TILE ANOTHER PART-GILT INK STICK

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1.000 € - 1.500 €

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China, Qing dynasty
L. 6,2/ 9,3 cm
The first ink piece with inscription: Wan shou wu jiang and signature Hui she cao sugong jin zhi (Respectfully made by Cao Sugong of She County, Anhui Province) in a yellow silk wrapper. The second ink piece marked Hu Ziqing zhi.
Max Müller (1867-1960), German consul in Hankow, collected in China between 1905 and 1912. By descent to his daughter Irmgard Müller-Doertenbach (1909-2011), acquired from her by the present owner 1992
Cao Sugong (1615-1689) was one of the four most famous craftsmen for ink sticks. Hu Tianzhu (1832 - ?) was a descendant of Hu Tianzhu, the business was founded at the beginning of the Tongzhi period and closed in 1938. Compare an ink stick preserved in the Palce Museum Collection, published ‚Scholar’s Paraphernalia - Classics of Forbidden City‘, 2009, no. 122, p. 130. The first stick with a tiny chip to one edge, the second very slightly chipped

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