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AN INSCRIBED AND DATED DUAN INKSTONE

DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE FIRST YEAR OF JIAQING,

CORRESPONDING TO 1796, OR EARLIER

The rectangular inkstone is carved with a smoothly polished
grinding surface inclining into a troughed inkwell. One vertical
side and the base are carved with inscriptions by Ruan Yuan with a
Jiaqing yuannian (first year of Jiaqing) date.
5 ¬ in. (14.4 cm.) long, stand, box

HK$80,000-150,000 US$11,000-19,000

PROVENANCE

Collection of Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855-1932), Prime Minister of
Japan from 1931 to 1932

清嘉慶元年或更早 端石阮元銘硯 other views
另二面
來源
日本前首相犬養毅 (1855-1932) 題籤：大正戊午十二月三十日，陳溥賢字博生攜來。
款識：擘經室藏。
大正十四年冬張郭戰之時，在郭軍帷幄，戰敗遭害。
白黑為黼知而守矣，石刊之斧特以才矣，
積德惟甫彌爾壽矣。嘉慶元年七夕，伯元銘。 林長民字宗孟，福建閩縣人，學於早稻田大學，工書善文
章。民國十四年冬與郭松齡伐張作霖，戰敗遭害。木堂老人
木座題識：大正己未正月林宗孟長民所贈。木堂寶用。 紀念。

盒蓋題識：阮文達刻隸端硯。奉呈木堂先生，林長民。

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