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AN INSCRIBED ‘ORCHID AND BAMBOO’ CHENGNI INK
STONE
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The irregularly shaped ink stone is carved as a cliff wall with orchids and stalks of bamboo
emerging from the top, above a poetic inscription signed Zongyang.
10 Ω in. (26.6 cm.) long
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000
Zongyang was the pseudonym of Li Shan (1686-1762), who was a Qing-dynasty scholar and
painter born in Jiangsu. He was awarded the juren title in 1711, and had served as a court painter
during various stages of his life. He eventually relocated to Yangzhou where he sold paintings for
a living and became known as one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.

清 李鱓銘蘭竹石澄泥硯

銘文：
郁郁者蘭，蕭蕭者竹。頑然一區，以芳以馥。適從何木。遇之空谷。宗揚。
李鱓（1686-1762），字宗揚，號復堂，又號木頭老子、中洋、懊道人等。江蘇興化人。康熙
五十年（1711）舉人。曾以繪畫召為內廷供奉，卻因風格差異而不容於畫院。後於揚州賣畫為生，
為「揚州八怪」之一。

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