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writing set

Object NameCalligraphy Set with Custom Box

Artist Qin Wang (Chinese, b. 1978)

Made FromGlass, Paper, Board, Cloth, Wood

Date2016

TechniqueCast, assembled

Size(-20) Calligraphy Brush with Cap H: 27 cm, W: D: Diam (max): 1.3 cm

Accession Number2019.6.14

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

New Glass Now

New Glass Now (TRAVEL)

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Wang Qin takes the “four treasures” of the classical Chinese study—the tools of Chinese calligraphy that denote a cultivated life—and unusually translates them into glass. As such, he gives them added layers of meaning in a culture in which materials are deeply embedded with metaphorical associations. -Aric Chen Instagram: @wangqinstudio WeChat: wangqinstudio

Place Made

China, Shanghai

Physical DescriptionCalligraphy Set with Custom Box, "Tranquility - The Scholar's Four Treasures". Opaque black and white glass, paper, board, cloth, wood; cast. (-1) Black and white shallow circular ink stone. (-2) Black and white brush rest resembling craggy mountains or waves. (-3) Tall black seal with black and white top resembling craggy mountains or waves. (-4) Black and white circular water dish. (-5) Black and white oval brush palette with handle or decorative element resembling craggy mountains or waves. (-6) Black and white brush rest resembling mountains with four peaks. (-7) Black and white brush rest resembling three scallop-shaped ocean waves. (-8) Short black seal with top resembling craggy mountains or waves. (-9ab) Irregularly-shaped black incense burner dish with lid resembling craggy mountains or waves. (-10) Circular dish with black and white foot resembling craggy mountains or waves. (-11ab) Black and white oval dish with all black lid with C-shaped cut-out and shell finial. (-12) Colorless and white oval dish. (-13) Black and white flattened glass "stone". (-14ab) Pomander; roughly circular black dish with black and white lid. (-15) Variegated black glass "stone" water dripper with two openings at top and aqua vertical stripe. (-16) Roughly oval black and white dish. (-17) Shallow, roughly oval black and white dish. (-18) Black and white stone-like incense holder with small opening on top. (-19) Cloth-bound book containing artist prints. (-20ab) Calligraphy brush with cap. (-21a-e) Custom cloth-bound storage/display box with four stackable compartments.
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