Box NRI2/8/7/3/1-7
Contains 8 Results:
Ink sticks and liquid ink, 1940s-1990s
These are objects collected by, given to, or worn by Joseph Needham, Dorothy Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen. Objects given to the Needham Research Institute are catalogued as NRI 1
Chinese ink stick in a cloth box from Peking University, 1946
Chinese ink stick in a cloth box from Zhang Zigao 張子高, 1940s
A stick of Chinese ink given to Joseph Needham by the historian Zhang Zigao 張子高 (1886-1976). The stick has a cloud decoration in gold, with the characters 千秋光 in blue in the upper half and a maker’s inscription 徽歙曹素功來孫堯千造 in the lower half. The green cloth box has the handwritten inscription 李約瑟先生請玩 張子高贈 on the underside of the lid.
Chinese ink stick in a paper box from E.S. Hokes, c.1970s
A stick of Chinese ink given to Joseph Needham by E.H. Hokes from Czechoslovakia. The stick has gold edging decoration, and the characters 千秋光 in gold. The underside is decorated with a traditional Chinese picture of a Chinese scholar underneath a pine tree, with gold characters in seal script. The side has the maker’s inscription 徽州老胡開文廣戶氏製. The paper card box has the name of the donor inside the lid.
2 Chinese ink sticks in the shape of pillars donated by Willard McCarty, 1970s
Ink stick 1 on top has the maker’s designation 徽歙堯千氏監,製, on one side the Chinese characters 曹素功監製, and on the other 法龍 in gold letters, with a dragon entwined underneath around the pillar.
Ink stick 2 has a hole through the top for hanging, and the Chinese characters 松友齋周永[寧]監製 written on it.
Chinese ink stick with calligraphy on it by Jao Tsung-I (Rao Zongyi 饶宗颐), 1980
The ink stick is held in a plain wooden box inlaid with yellow silk. The date 1980 is inscribed on one side of the stick with Chinese characters 博雅 in gold, with a seal imprint in red, and silver decoration around the edges. The other side has a pearl-like object embedded near the top, below it the characters 樂在書中 in gold, with similar decoration around the edges. One sided edge has in gold 徽州胡開文, the other 深圳博雅特製千禧墨.
Square Chinese metal ink well containing dried ink, c.1940s-1960s
The tin is made from copper, the sides and top treated with zinc to form a brass coating. It is engraved on the lid with archaic Chinese characters in red, and depictions of two archaic ritual vessels, a he 盉 pouring vessel , and a ding 鼎 container. The underside bears the maker’s seal Rongbao 榮寶。
Glass bottle containing red ink, c.1970s-1990s
There is no label on the bottle.