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A RETICULATED GILT-DAMASCENED IRON PEN CASE, TIBET, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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A RETICULATED GILT-DAMASCENED IRON PEN CASE, TIBET, 15TH-16TH CENTURYExpert's note: The design of this piece is created using the wanjin technique. This intricate process begins by incising the iron surface with a slanted blade to roughen it. A thin sheet or line of gold is then laid over the metal and carefully hammered, causing the gold to embed deeply into the carved lines. Once the surface is smoothed and polished, the result is a refined, gleaming gold decoration seamlessly integrated into the metal.Of cylindrical form and masterfully worked with a pair of sinuous dragons amid dense scrollwork issuing lingzhi, lined by a geometric border below a band of lingzhi, and terminating in a lotus bud. The design repeated to the cover with a third dragon. The pieces joined by two lugs suspending a cord.Provenance: From the collection of Paul Atkinson, acquired between 1970 and 2007. Paul Atkinson is a passionate and wide-ranging collector whose career has spanned over five decades. Known for his boundless curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit, Atkinson began his journey in the antiques trade during the 1970s, sourcing pieces from regional sales and eventually opening his first shop in Matlock, Derbyshire. At one of his first auctions as a 20-year-old in 1970, a veteran dealer came over to Atkinson at a farm sale and said, “You think that you have joined a business, don't you?” Atkinson responded, “Well, this isn't a business - it's an illness from which you never recover”. His eye for the unique and rare quickly led him to the international stage, exporting English furniture to the United States and Europe and expanding into fields such as Pre-Colombian, tribal, and ethnographic art. Over the years, Atkinson built an eclectic collection that includes Grand Tour bronzes, Anglo-Indian carvings, Ottoman arms, African masks, and European furniture. His reputation was solidified with the opening of a gallery in the Louvre des Antiquaires in Paris, and later through his restoration of Sydnope Hall, once the home of Charles Darwin's family. Together with his wife Vivien, an experienced art market professional, Atkinson later relocated to Mallorca, where they opened a major gallery catering to a distinguished international clientele. Condition: Good condition with expected ancient wear, some rubbing to the gilt, and casting irregularities including minor pitting. Overall exceptionally well preserved, commensurate with usage and age.Weight: 394.4 g Dimensions: Length 37.8 cmLiterature comparison:Compare a closely related Tibetan gilt iron pen case, dated 15th-16th century, 37.5 cm long, formerly in the collection of Marilynn B. Alsdorf and now in the Chicago Institute of Art, reference number 2012.685a.

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