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A Gentle Breeze beneath the Sleeve: Armrests and Painting Weights

Collection｜Antique Collection
AD 1644 - 1911
In the world of the Qing scholar’s studio, armrests and painting weights were practical desk accessories as well as expressions of artistic taste and accomplished craftsmanship. This exhibition, introduced in the Chinese text as Between Brushstrokes, focuses on fine Qing examples and explores their supporting roles in calligraphy and painting, together with their cultural associations. Armrests supported the forearm during writing, while painting weights held paper and scrolls flat. Their designs combined practical considerations with delicate workmanship and artistic beauty. Through these objects, visitors can explore the cultivated pleasures of the Qing scholar’s studio and appreciate the quiet refinement of accessories that accompanied the arts of the brush. (73)
1Bamboo Armrest with Poetic Inscription, Bearing the Signature Chen Yuanlong, Early Qing Dynasty
2Bamboo Armrest with Liuqing Landscape Carving, Bearing the Signature Xihuang, Qing Dynasty
3Bamboo Armrest with Poetic Inscription, Bearing the Signature Shunjiang, Early Qing Dynasty
4Bamboo Armrest with a Lady in a Landscape, Qing Dynasty
5Scroll-Form Bamboo Armrest with Prunus, Bearing the Signature Wang Shishen, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period
6Bamboo Armrest with Poetic Inscription, Bearing the Signature Songshan, Mid-Qing Dynasty
7Zitan Armrest with Prunus and Poetry, Inscribed Drawn by Zixiang and Carved by Xunfu, Qing Dynasty
8Bamboo Armrest with Poetic Inscription, Bearing the Signature Yunqiao, Mid-Qing Dynasty
9Bamboo Armrest with Zhong Kui, Bearing the Signatures Wu Changshuo and Bailong Shanren, Late Qing–Early Republic
10Bamboo Armrest with Applied Bamboo-Veneer Decoration, Bearing the Signature Shizhai, Qing Dynasty
11Bamboo Armrest Bearing the Signature Zhubin, Qing Dynasty
12Bamboo Armrest with Poetic Inscription, Bearing the Signature Yingyao, Qing Dynasty
13Bamboo Armrest with Poetic Inscription, Bearing the Signature Wang Heng, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period
14Bamboo Armrest with a Scholar beneath Rocks, Bearing the Signature Xi Gang, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period
15Bamboo Armrest with Poetic Inscription, Bearing the Signature Cai Zhaochu, Qing Dynasty
16Carved Boxwood Armrest, Qing Dynasty
17Scroll-Form Bamboo Armrest with Applied Bamboo Veneer, Qing Dynasty
18Bamboo Armrest Bearing the Signature Longshi, Qing Dynasty
19Bamboo Armrest with Cabbage, Bearing the Signature Yunshan, Qing Dynasty
20Bamboo Armrest with a Dragon amid Clouds, Bearing the Signature Wen Ding, Mid-Qing Dynasty
21Bamboo Armrest with a Lady, Bearing the Signature Shoulun, Qing Dynasty
22Pair of Bamboo Paperweights with Grasshoppers, Bearing the Signature Weishao, Qing Dynasty (Formerly in the Collection)
23Boxwood Painting Weight with Poetic Inscription, Bearing the Signature He Shaoji, Qing Dynasty
24Zitan Painting Weight with Poetic Inscription, Bearing the Signature Zhang Zuyi, Qing Dynasty
25Zitan Painting Weight with Prunus, Bearing Wang Shishen, Laotong, and Meiying Shuwu Inscriptions, Qing Dynasty
26Scroll-Form Zitan Painting Weight with Poetry, Bearing the Signature Meilin Shanren Wang Heng, Qing Dynasty
27Pair of Huanghuali Painting Weights with Poetry, Bearing the Signature Qian Weicheng, Mid-Qing Dynasty
28Bamboo Armrest Bearing the Signature Bailao Shiren, Late Qing–Early Republic
29Zitan Armrest with Incised Figure and Poetry, Bearing Fuchang and Wu Changshuo Signatures, Qing Dynasty
30Agarwood Armrest with Prunus, Qing Dynasty

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