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A native of Suzhou, Gu Erniang's maiden name was recorded as Zao, and she was probably
active during the late Kangxi to Yongzheng periods. Married into a distinguished family of
ink stone carvers, she became a carver of ink stones herself, probably after the death of her
husband. For a discussion of Gu Erniang, see Zhongguo Meishu Jiarenming Cidian, Shanghai,
1985, p. 1531. Compare to a circular ink stone signed Gu Erniang with a similar simulated
bamboo-woven base gifted by Mr and Mrs Zhang Zhenfang to the National Palace Museum,
Taipei, accession number: zeng-wen-000014; and three Duan ink stones signed Gu Erniang in
the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, The Four Treasures of the Study – Writing Paper and Inkstones, Hong Kong, 2005, nos.
58-60, two of which dated, one to 1719 (no. 58), the other to 1721 (no. 60).
顧二娘，吳門（今江蘇蘇州）人，姓鄒氏，琢硯名家，約活躍於康熙晚期至雍正年間。她的公公
為順治年間姑蘇城裡的製硯名家顧德麟。顧德麟將技藝傳給其子顧啟明，惟惜其子早逝，只好由
顧二娘繼承重任。顧二娘承襲了顧德麟刻硯之古雅，再揉合了纖巧、雅致的風格。其所刻之硯
台，以三至五寸之小品硯台為多。此硯質地堅致細密，入手溫潤細膩。正面回紋處隱刻「吳門顧
二娘製」六字陽文款。背以簸箕為形琢刻，錯綜交織、層層交疊，有條不紊，刻刀遊走之處，力
度拿捏之精準令人嘆為觀止。硯盒的編織更顯精緻，嚴絲合縫，包漿亮麗。盒內髹漆斷紋清晰，
具典型明代特色，推測顧氏在得此硯盒後，特意刻製而成。 近似例可參考張振芳教授伉儷捐贈予
台北國立故宮博物院一件顧二娘作及銘款竹編紋圓硯，典藏編號：贈-文-000014，其紋飾雕琢
手法及款識風格與此極為接近。另可比較北京故宮藏三件顧二娘作及銘款之端硯，見故宮博物院
藏文物珍品全集《文房四寶·紙硯》，香港，2005年，圖版58-60號，其中兩件刻有紀年，一為
康熙己亥（1719）（圖版58號），另一為辛醜（1721）（圖版60號）。
(back view of ink stone 硯背面)
2839 mark
款識
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