Box of two drawers with 10 ink sticks
19th century
Medium/TechniqueWooden box ; dry ink
DimensionsOverall: 6.2 x 13 x 9 cm (2 7/16 x 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sarah Buchan Jewell
Accession number1991.210
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Not on viewClassificationsCalligraphy
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ProvenanceEdwin Conger, first U.S. Ambassador to Imperial China and his wife Sarah Conger; by descent to their granddaughter Sarah Buchan Jewell (Mrs T. Edson Jewell), Boston; 1991, gift of Sarah Buchan Jewell to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 1991)
mid-10th–mid-17th century
18th century
19th century
17th century
17th–18th century