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Subject:Silver ink and brush holder?
Posted By: Denise Tue, May 27, 2014 IP: 174.61.183.90
Hello, I have been trying to find any information on this object. I was told that it may be a brush and ink set but really not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have more photos also.







Subject:Re: Silver ink and brush holder?
Posted By: rat Tue, May 27, 2014
yes, that sounds right; the characters on the inside of the lid may name the manufacturer

Subject:Re: Silver ink and brush holder?
Posted By: denise Wed, May 28, 2014
Thank you so much, that is helpful. Do you know if it is Chinese or Japanese, can you tell from the characters?

Subject:Re: Silver ink and brush holder?
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Wed, May 28, 2014
could it be an incense burner?
Ernest

Subject:Re: Silver ink and brush holder?
Posted By: rat Wed, May 28, 2014
that was my first thought too,but I couldn't figure out why an incense burner would come with a large lidded bay as this one does.

Subject:Re: Silver ink and brush holder?
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Thu, May 29, 2014
Rat..how about storage for the incense?
Ernest

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Subject:Re: Silver ink and brush holder?
Posted By: rat Thu, May 29, 2014
Doesn't make sense if the incense is attached to thin sticks that would be held by the two conical sconce-type things, but I don't know for sure, since obviously some other form of incense was used in vessels like Han dynasty boshanlu. But this is pretty modern, so I figure it would have to be the stick type. Incense coils don't make sense given the sconces either.

Subject:Re: Silver ink and brush holder?
Posted By: rat Wed, Jun 25, 2014
then again someone just posted something similar on the gotheborg website which strikes me as an incense holder, so I am probably totally wrong!

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