AN INSCRIBED DUAN INKSTONE

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AN INSCRIBED DUAN INKSTONE
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY

One side carved in delicate low relief with wispy clouds swirling around a deep cylindrical water receptacle which forms the full moon, with a number of green 'eyes' in the smooth stone, carved to one side with two seals of a collector highlighted in white pigment, the reverse with two lengthy inscriptions similarly highlighted--7¼in. (18.1 cm.) long, fitted wood box

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Two collector's seals of Gao Shi Qi (1645-1704)
Two inscriptions: A poem by Zhu Yi Chuang (1629-1709) decribing the stone
A seal script inscription by Gu Ling

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