Porcelain scholar's kit and European bronze mounts in the shape of a drum, China, Ming period, 16th century for the porcelain The fahua-type porcelain drum, glazed in blue, turquoise, yellow and manganese, is decorated with lotus flowers and has four holes for brushes and a rectangular hole for an ink stick. In Europe, bronze elements were added to transform it into an inkwell. A small turquoise-blue porcelain deity from the Kangxi period (1662-1722) was added to the central hole. Total height: 16.5 cm A similar model, without mounts, is in the Musée Guimet, from the Grandidier collection (G.5544) and reproduced in "La porcelaine Ming", Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Office du Livre, 1978 - n°121 p. 129.