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Parcel gilt copper combined ink slab
Parcel gilt copper combined ink slab
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Parcel gilt copper combined ink slab, water container and brazierQing dynasty (1st half of 18th century)
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Parcel gilt copper combined ink slab
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BATEA : 295
Simple name
brazier
Classified name
metal; copper; Qing; brazier; gilt; water container; animal; dragon; ink stone; scholar's studio; China; parcel gilt; bat;
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Gilded copper container of interlocking circles form combining an ink-slab, water container and brazier, the top decorated with stylised kui dragons, the interior ink-slab and water container separated by a gilded section flanked by bats made to hold the brush. The top third lifts off, the central section is plain, the bottom third has a pierced fringe of kui dragon heads near the top, the feet of bulbous shape and gilded. The bottom section is a tray to hold burning charcoal used to keep the water in the water container from freezing in the depths of the northern Chinese winter.
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copper & gold
Description condition
fair but some damage on the inkstone and some gilding rubbed
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brown and gold
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Description length
16.4 cm
Description height
11 cm
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9.6 cm
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1700 = 1750
Production period
Qing
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China
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