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AN AGATE DISH A SONGHUA INK STONE, BOX AND COVER
YONGZHENG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE
PERIOD (1723-1735) PERIOD (1736-1795)
The shallow dish is thinly carved with an everted rim divided into The soft greyish-green ink stone is carved with a lingzhi-shaped
four bracket lobes. The translucent stone is of pale creamy tone, well, and an outline conforming to that of the shallow box and
with some pale caramel and dark inclusions. cover which is finely carved on the top through the greyish-
4 Ω in. (11.5 cm.) wide green outer layer to the purplish-brown under layer with a heron
perched on the trunk of a pine tree. The four-character mark is
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000 incised in a line on the base of the ink stone. Accompanied by a
publication of Bunbō Nyūmon Kōza – Kanshō Hen by Aiura Shizui
清雍正 瑪瑙菱口小盤 四字篆書刻款 in which the present ink stone is illustrated.
3 æ in. (9.6 cm.) long
HK$220,000-350,000 US$29,000-45,000
LITERATURE
Aiura Shizui, Bunbō Nyūmon Kōza – Kanshō Hen, Tokyo, 1982,
p. 8 (ink stone)
清乾隆 松花石硯連隨形硯盒 「乾隆年製」刻款
著錄
相浦紫瑞,《文房入門講座 – 鑑賞篇》,東京,1982 年,
頁8 (硯)
隨拍品附相浦紫瑞著《文房入門講座 – 鑑賞篇》一本。
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