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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Asian Art
• Sale Date:
  07 Dec 2022 ~ Session 1 (Lots 1 - 143) 2pm (AEDT)
  07 Dec 2022 ~ Session 2 (Lots 201 - 294) 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  211
• Lot Description:
  A grey pottery warming inkstone
  Five Dynasties
  with a fitted box, 5.0cm high, 13.0cm diam.
• Provenance:
  K. Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong
• Exhibited:
  Exhibited and Published: Exhibition of Scholar's Objects in China through the Ages, K. Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong, 3-12 Apr 2014, 2017 reprint, p.19, no.11
• Notes:
  The hollow below the inkstone is for burning charcoal to warm the ink so that it doesn't freeze during the bitter winter in northern China. A popular phrase, hanchuang, literally meaning 'cold window', refers to a common image of a student study by a cold window and later come to symbolise all sorts of harsh condition one endures when studying. This innovation of a warming inkstone no doubt eases some of these harsh conditions, but may have also provided warmth and companionship to an otherwise underprivileged student studying by an all but bitter winter window.
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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