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Lot Essay
The four large seal script characters on one side of this inkstone may be read as qi ye yong xiang (eternal good fortune for seven generations). The kaishu inscriptions on the sides may be read as jiangu zhai fangzhi (made in emulation [of a Han eaves-tile] at the Studio of Appreciation of Antiquity) and Yingchuan Chunhui guan wenbao (cultural treasure of Springtime Sun Hall in Yingchuan).
Jiangu zhai, the manufactory of the Wang Jinsheng family active in the early 18th century in Huizhou, Anhui province, is known to have made ink for the imperial palace during the Qing dynasty. She stone is a variety of slate found in She county, Anhui province. It is a favorite material for inkstones and has been in use since the Tang dynasty.
A very similar she inkstone with the same two kaishu inscriptions on the narrow sides but decorated with four different large seal characters is illustrated in Shuang qing cang yan (The Fine Chinese Inkstone: Collection of Steven Hung and Lindy Chern), Taipei, 2001, pp. 264-265. Also, see, two Han pottery eaves tiles cut and polished for use as inkstones formerly in the Fujita Museum, Osaka, sold at Christie’s New York, 15 March 2017, lot 519. Two other Han pottery eavestile inkstones are illustrated by Wei and Yang (eds.) in Zhongguo yantai tulu (Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Inkstones), Ürümiqi, 2002, pp. 112 and 140.
Jiangu zhai, the manufactory of the Wang Jinsheng family active in the early 18th century in Huizhou, Anhui province, is known to have made ink for the imperial palace during the Qing dynasty. She stone is a variety of slate found in She county, Anhui province. It is a favorite material for inkstones and has been in use since the Tang dynasty.
A very similar she inkstone with the same two kaishu inscriptions on the narrow sides but decorated with four different large seal characters is illustrated in Shuang qing cang yan (The Fine Chinese Inkstone: Collection of Steven Hung and Lindy Chern), Taipei, 2001, pp. 264-265. Also, see, two Han pottery eaves tiles cut and polished for use as inkstones formerly in the Fujita Museum, Osaka, sold at Christie’s New York, 15 March 2017, lot 519. Two other Han pottery eavestile inkstones are illustrated by Wei and Yang (eds.) in Zhongguo yantai tulu (Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Inkstones), Ürümiqi, 2002, pp. 112 and 140.