MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

Details

A LONGQUAN CELADON RECTANGULAR INKSTONE
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The top has a long, textured grinding surface, and a rectangular-shaped well at one end, above carved diaper pattern on the sides.
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) long, wood cover

Provenance

Sakamoto Family Collection, Japan.

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Lot Essay

Compare a celadon-glazed inkstone of similar size, molded in high relief with a crab, and fitted with a wood cover, illustrated in Documentary Works of Art, In Scholar's Taste, Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., London, 1983, p. 167, no. 108. A slightly larger celadon-glazed ink palette and cover is illustrated by M. Beurdeley in The Chinese Collector through the Centuries, From the Han to the 20th Century, Rutland, Vermont, 1966, p. 240, cat. 95.

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