A SET OF EIGHT CHINESE BLACK INK STICKS IN A FITTED LACQUERED BOX EARLY 19TH CENTURY The ink...

A SET OF EIGHT CHINESE BLACK INK STICKS IN A FITTED LACQUERED BOX

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

The ink sticks moulded with scholars in landscapes and calligraphy, the fitted black lacquer box decorated with a landscape inlaid with mother of pearl on the cover, 17cm. (10)

Provenance: acquired by John Reeves after his arrival in Canton in 1812, and thence by descent.