Vintage Set Signed Chinese Calligraphy Gilt Gilded 4 Ink Stone Block Stick Cake

Description

This is a set of four beautifully gilded and colored Chinese ink stones or cakes in their original box. The longest of the stones is approximately 3 3/4 inches. Each of the four stones is approximately 1/2 inch thick and each nestles inside the box into a customized silk padded insert. The inside lid of the box is also lined in silk.
Note: Chi-chen Wang
, a Chinese-born American literary scholar, translator, and research assistant at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1928-1936
, wrote a 20-page article titled ‘Chinese ink’
for the December 1930 issue of the “
Metropolitan Museum Studies” magazine
. In the article he discusses the development of ink in China, cites some of the great ink makers of China through the centuries, and describes the well-made pieces of Chinese ink as works of art due to the novelty of the shapes of the cakes, the subjects in the designs, and the exquisiteness of the engravings and use of gilt.
Each pictorial stone is a different shape and size and each is embellished with gilt and with a different engraved scene. For each stone, the front and back engraved scenes are different. Each one is signed/inscribed on the side as well as on the front/back surfaces.
The front/lid and sides of the box are covered in brocade or fabric. The front includes a paper label. The lid is closed by two fasteners on the side made of bone.
The bottom of the box is cardboard and not covered in cloth.
The box measures approximately 9 inches high x 5 3/4 inches wide x 1 1/8 inches deep.
The box and the stones are in good shape. The inside and outside of the box is free of stains or repairs. The stones are also free of repairs, with some minor cracks in the blocks due to age.
We are a smoke-free/pet-free home.
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