QIANLONG YUMING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED SHE OVAL INKSTONE
QIANLONG YUMING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The top of the oval inkstone is carved with a smooth grinding surface and a shallow well, framed by beaded edges. The reverse is incised and gilt with an imperial poem by the Qianlong Emperor ending with Qianlong yuming ‘Imperially inscribed by Qianlong’, followed by two seals Qian, and long. The side is incised and gilt with a ten-character inscription, Fang Han Weiyang zhuan haitian chuyue yan, ‘Moon rising above sea” inkstone, in emulation of an inkstone made of terracotta roof tile from the Han-dynasty Weiyang Palace’.
5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm) long, gilt-decorated box and cover, brocade box

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A nearly identical inkstone with the same inscription is illustrated in Xiqing Yanpu ‘A Compendium of the Qianlong Emperor’s Imperial Inkstone Collection’, with the actual inkstone, carved from Duan stone, in the collection of The National Palace Museum, Taipei, see The National Palace Museum’s Ancient Inkstones Illustrated in the Imperial Catalogue His-ch’ing yen-p’u, Taipei, 1997, no. 89. The imperial poem is recorded in Qing Gaozong yuzhi shiwen quanji: yuzhiwen, vol. 2, juan 39 (fig. 1).

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