A PAIR OF LACQUERED WALNUTS, A PAIR OF IRON HAND...
A PAIR OF LACQUERED WALNUTS, A PAIR OF IRON HAND EXCERCISERS AND A PAIR OF CRYSTAL HAND EXCERISERS, BAODING
Qing Dynasty
The walnuts naturally formed with a two-segment shell, the skin wrinkled with veiny ribs running over the surface, attractively patinated to a deep brown colour, the iron balls well patinated with internal chimes, the crystal balls of pale white-grey translucent form.
4cm (1 5/8in) diam. (6).
清 漆料胡桃一對, 鐵製鋼膽一對及水晶鋼膽一對
Provenance: acquired from Sydney L Moss Ltd in 1989, by repute.
For further examples see Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, 1986, p. 262-263, no. 259.
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A PAIR OF LACQUERED WALNUTS, A PAIR OF IRON HAND EXCERCISERS AND A PAIR OF CRYSTAL HAND EXCERISERS, BAODING
Qing Dynasty
The walnuts naturally formed with a two-segment shell, the skin wrinkled with veiny ribs running over the surface, attractively patinated to a deep brown colour, the iron balls well patinated with internal chimes, the crystal balls of pale white-grey translucent form.
4cm (1 5/8in) diam. (6).
清 漆料胡桃一對, 鐵製鋼膽一對及水晶鋼膽一對
Provenance: acquired from Sydney L Moss Ltd in 1989, by repute.
For further examples see Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, 1986, p. 262-263, no. 259.
