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I have recently acquired a Chinese hanging scroll with an ivory zhoutou. The entire rod on the bottom appears to be an ivory rod. The scene depicts a cherry blossom branch with two birds below.

I've tried matching up the stamp and having the characters above translated to no avail.

Heres hoping that one of you might be able to help me get a little more insight on this scroll!

Thanks,
Tim

some more pictures that might help with signature identification/date

Japanese, not Chinese. signature and seal read the same but I can only make out the second character with certainty: 峭

Scroll ends are bone, not ivory. No schreger lines, but lots of blood holes.

Very interesting. What type of bone was usually used? And was there a specific period of time when bone was used? I’ve tapped along the entire bottom and it sounds like it is the same material

not sure of the animal from which it came, but these are used as caps on the ends of hanging scrolls and should not run through the entire roller, which will should be made of wood.

My reading of signature and seal,
曽峭　－　Zeng Qiao
Unidentifiable Chinese artist.

With regards,
I.Nagy

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