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MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Details
A LARGE RECTANGULAR 'DRAGON' YAOHE INKSTONE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
The inkstone is of rectangular shape, the inkwell deeply carved in openwork with a scaly chi dragon with a bifurcated tail grasping a lingzhi in its mouth, with lingzhi-form clouds and a stalk of millet on its back. The sunken flat base is left plain. The stone is of a deep dark-green colour.
10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) long, wood stand and cover, Japanese wood box
MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
The inkstone is of rectangular shape, the inkwell deeply carved in openwork with a scaly chi dragon with a bifurcated tail grasping a lingzhi in its mouth, with lingzhi-form clouds and a stalk of millet on its back. The sunken flat base is left plain. The stone is of a deep dark-green colour.
10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) long, wood stand and cover, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Su Zhu An Collection, Kyoto
Literature
Komaiken: Togarokuseki, Tokyo: Nigensha, 1974, no. 96
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