Two scholar's objects


Late Qing dynastyThe first a wrist rest of arching bamboo section, the convex exterior side covered in the Yongbi Fu of Wang Xizhi in neat and dense standard script; the second an incense holder or brush pot of irregular cylindrical section, the exterior sides conserving the raised horizontal ridges of a bamboo stalk, surrounded by incised archaistic calligraphic inscriptions and a raised relief depiction of a lotus plant.10 1/4in (26cm) length of wrist rest5 1/8in (13cm) height of incense holder