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AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED SONGHUA ‘SUN AND MOON’
INKSTONE, GILT AND POLYCHROME LACQUERED
BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The inkstone is carved as two conjoined circles representing the sun and the moon,
framed by a band of keyfrets at the mouth rim. The base is incised with an eight-
character inscription, yi jing wei yong, shi yi yong nian, ‘Through passivity to achieve
perpetual continuity’, followed by a square seal containing two characters, yu ming,
‘Imperially inscribed’.
Ink stone: 3…Õ/”ÿ in. (10 cm. wide); lacquer box and cover: 4º in. (11 cm.) wide,
Japanese wood box
HK$320,000-500,000 US$42,000-64,000

For other imperial inkstones of this distinctive ‘sun and moon’shape, see two examples in
the Palace Museum, Beijing, one made of She stone, the other of Duan stone, illustrated in
Zhongguo wenfang sibao quanji (2): yan, Beijing, 2007, no. 155 and no. 174, respectively.

清十八世紀 松花石御銘日月形硯連隨形描金彩漆福壽紋硯盒
硯銘：「以靜為用，是以永年」。「御銘」。
此硯取松花橋頭石為材，質地細潤。參考北京故宮博物院藏兩件日月形硯，一為 rubbing of the back of the current inkstone
端硯，一為歙硯，見《中國文房四寶全集-硯-2》，北京，2007年，圖版155、174號。 硯背拓印

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