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A CARVED LINGZHI-FORM DUAN INK STONE 清康熙 顧二娘製端石雙芝硯 「吳門顧二孃造」款

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), SIGNED GU ERNIANG 來源:
The ink stone is carved in the form of two large intertwined lingzhi 日本私人舊藏（傳）
heads, the cap of one flattened to form the shaped inkwell, the
gills realistically rendered by finely incised radiating lines, with a 本端硯質地堅致細密，入手溫潤細膩，經巧妙地雕成兩朵靈芝的造型，一
six-character mark Wumen Gu Erniang zao, 'made by Gu Erniang of 正一反組合成型，背面刻一鈐印「吳門顧二孃造」。紫檀蓋及底，蓋上題識：
Wumen in sunken relief near the edge of the base. 「雙荷葉捧雙芝研，芳澤遙親顧二孃。點石不留鴛履垢，洗池終勝鴨餛湯。
4º in. (10.8 cm.) long, zitan stand and cover 雨逢櫻顆紅尤潤，風約梅花墨更香。佗日學仙同煮食，飛升霛藥具文房。
壬戌十月劉姬韞玉待游津門獲此，題以與之，六橋。」鈐印：「三多之印」。
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000
顧二娘（孃），吳門（今江蘇蘇州）人，姓鄒氏，琢硯名家，約活躍於康熙晚期
P R O V E NAN C E :
A Japanese private collection, by repute 至雍正年間。她的公父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
A native of Suzhou, Gu Erniang's maiden name was recorded as Zao, and 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
she was probably active during the late Kangxi to Yongzheng periods. 五寸之小品硯台為多。近似例可參考北京故宮博物院藏二件顧二娘作端硯，
Married into a distinguished family of ink stone carvers, she became a
carver of ink stones herself, probably after the death of her husband. 一為長方形，其銘款式樣與此相同，另一亦為靈芝式，但銘款為「吳門顧二
For a discussion of Gu Erniang, see Zhongguo Meishu Jiarenming Cidian, 娘造」（圖一）。另可參考香港佳士得2020年11月30日《摛翰藻 – 文房雅
Shanghai, 1985, p. 1531. 器》專場拍賣中一件顧二娘作及銘款竹編紋圓硯，拍品2839號。
Compare to two Duan ink stones signed Gu Erniang in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, one rectangular in shape, and incised with a very
similar signature to that seen on the present ink stone, see The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, The Four Treasures of
the Study – Writing Paper and Inkstones, Hong Kong, p. 92, no. 58; the
other also in the form of two intertwined lingzhi, but bearing a different
character of 'niang' in the signature, see p. 93, no. 59 (fig. 1). Compare also
to a simulated bamboo-woven ink stone signed Gu Erniang in the later
style, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, Inspiring the mind - Life of a scholar-
official, 30 November 2020, lot 2839.

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(inkstone cover 硯蓋) fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品

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