Inkstand

Overall front.

Public Domain

CultureChinese; French
Titles
  • Inkstand
Datec. 1750–1760
MediumPorcelain and gilt bronze
Dimensions8 × 5 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (20.3 × 15 × 15 cm)
Credit LineHorace Wood Brock Collection, museum purchase funded by Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2021.362.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
ProvenanceAncienne collection de Mme la Baronne S.de Gunzburg, sold Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 17 May 1912, lot 86; [Pascal Izarn, Paris, 2016]; Horace Wood Brock; MFAH, 2021.
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