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Lot 170
Sale 1317 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Mar 26, 2024
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$1,016
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Lot Description
Two Chinese Inksticks
Late 19th-Early 20th Century
晚清-民國 胡開文製巴拿馬博覽會地球墨及汪近聖製筍型包金墨各一笏
the first molded with world maps on both sides, with gilt mark on the rim 'A Memorial for Panama Exhibition USA 1915 Manufactured by Hu Ka Wen The First Established Factory Hsiu-Nin Anhui', the second in a bamboo shoot form, gilt and molded with a maker's mark 'Wang Jinsheng zhi', and inscruptions.
Height of taller 8 in., 20.3 cm.
Property from the Collection of David Billings and Beverly Hall Billings, Nantucket, MA. 麻薩諸塞州南塔基特島畢凌思夫婦家藏。