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QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A SONGHUA INK STONE, BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The soft greyish-green ink stone is carved with a lingzhi-shaped well, and an outline conforming to that of the shallow box and cover which is finely carved on the top through the greyish-green outer layer to the purplish-brown under layer with a heron perched on the trunk of a pine tree. The four-character mark is incised in a line on the base of the ink stone. Accompanied by a publication of Bunbo Nyumon Koza – Kansho Hen by Aiura Shizui in which the present ink stone is illustrated.
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm.) long
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The soft greyish-green ink stone is carved with a lingzhi-shaped well, and an outline conforming to that of the shallow box and cover which is finely carved on the top through the greyish-green outer layer to the purplish-brown under layer with a heron perched on the trunk of a pine tree. The four-character mark is incised in a line on the base of the ink stone. Accompanied by a publication of Bunbo Nyumon Koza – Kansho Hen by Aiura Shizui in which the present ink stone is illustrated.
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm.) long
Literature
Aiura Shizui, Bunbō Nyūmon Kōza – Kanshō Hen, Tokyo, 1982, p. 8 (ink stone)
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