Lot 117

TWO CHINESE BRONZE SQUARE 'INSCRIBED' STATIONARY BOXES
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY






Auction: 10 September 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
清 ‘鑑古’底款 銅刻‘蘭亭集序’ 及 ‘靜夜思’四方蓋盒(共兩件)
of rectangular form, the larger carved with the Lantingji Xu (Preface to the Poems Collected from the Orchid Pavilion) by Wang Xizhi (303–361) and the smaller with the poem Jing Ye Si (Quiet Night Thought) by Li Bo (701-762) on the covers, base of the larger further impressed with a two-character Jian Gu mark (2)
Dimensions
12.4 square x 4cm, 602g; 10cm square x 3.4cm, 618g





