Set of Four Ink Sticks in Original Box

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Set of Four Ink Sticks in Original Box
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CultureChinese
Titles
  • Set of Four Ink Sticks in Original Box
Date20th century
PlaceChina
MediumInk, silk, ivory
DimensionsEach Ink Stick: 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (1.3 × 11.4 × 3.2 cm)
Box: 7 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 8 in. (18.4 × 19.1 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number96.1836.1-.4
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III; given to MFAH, 1996.

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20th century
Ink
96.1657
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1621–1627
Carbon
2000.719
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20th century
Ink
96.1673
Ink Cake
1368–1644
Carbon
2000.726
Tea Brick
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Tea
96.1662
Counter Box
Late 18th century
Ivory and enamel
94.994.A,.B
Counter Box
Late 18th century
Ivory, carnelian, tortoiseshell, gold and silver
94.988.A-.F
Patch Box
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late 18th century
Ivory, gold mounted, watercolor
94.993
Diviner's Tapper, Iroke Ifa
18th century
Ivory with dark wood inlay
2016.106
Ink Cake
1465–1487
Carbon
2000.720
Cased Set of Drawing Instruments
McAllister & Co.
c. 1836–1853
Brass, steel, wood, ivory, and sharkskin
B.2018.60.A-.I
Lidded Box, Part of a Set
1898–1902
Wood
86.419.A,.B