One of a pair of lamps with archaic-style calligraphy
The removable sides of the lamps are jade plaques in carved wood frames, each inscribed at the top with a group of nine characters that can be read in any order. The various readings are transcribed in the middle of the plaques in different fanciful "archaic" scripts, with a note at the bottom giving the supposed source and date of each particular script. The main frame of the lamps are of zitan, a fine grained hardwood, and the ornaments are of boxwood an ivory.
(One of a pair; see 20015.500.5.1)
(One of a pair; see 20015.500.5.1)
Artwork Details
- 清 古書奇字玉燈一對
- Title: One of a pair of lamps with archaic-style calligraphy
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: second half 18th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Jade (nephrite), wood, and ivory
- Dimensions: H. 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm)
- Classification: Jade
- Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.500.5.2
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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