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AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED DUAN INKSTONE ᪺̗㡳 Ⓖ⊆Ͳߣ⊆᫅⋞
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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Of square section, the inkstone is decorated on each vertical side of
⠢ⵖల卿ែ՗
the exterior with a taotie mask suspending an applied bronze loop
ring, flanked by a pair of confronted kui phoenix, all reserved on ⮐㙽
a leiwen ground. The hollowed base is carved with an archaistic
⠢ⵖల卿Ƕऒ⓺Ƿ卿✄ ࣍卿ែ՗卿 ჺ
square seal to the centre, yi zisun, ‘blessings for future generations’,
surrounded by an Imperial poem signed Qianlong yuti, ‘Imperial ⓺१ᙹᆨ卿⓺ల᳅߄卿୨ॶ㑌༶ᣥ卿ӳה㫥⡠卿ݤ୨ᙹಳలǯ
composition by the Emperor Qianlong’, followed by a seal de chong ୨ڬप㱈㫥⡠Ǯ⣧℡㬷㠩∪ࣿӬཌഀ䂆⡠ǯ⓺⫫᳅߄卿୨ᙹԋ
fu, ‘Virtue within’. The surface is applied with a russet and green ᇵߴǸ໺ຽ໑ǹᙹࣇ卿ॶ㚒ߴԳ㪏ᇙ㯪㉼Ӭ㲛厍Ǹ⒢᳡৿⓺㏛
lacquer to imitate painted bronze. ㇛᳖卿㑤໬⛘ᵏ᫉֎Ꮀǯ㫍ᝠᙔᏑ⪝Ꮢൃ卿᪞୬㯪ओ㖘ጠ⊂卿
5 ¿ in. (13 cm.) square, Japanese wood box
Գ㪏ᇙ㯪ǹǯᇌ㪪Ǹᇪ݋⛾ǹࣇǯ⓺㘻㵲ᙆ㱈֎ऒ㬪㠩⎪ᬄ卿
HK$400,000-500,000 US$52,000-64,000 ⡠㱈ऒ᧥ǯ

PROVENANCE ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᝳӬ։㖅ཎֿ௛߰ࣿ⡠㱈⯝᫉ࢦߎ⏟ַ⎏ḅ
Seikado, Tokyo ᯵֎ऒ⒢᳡⓺卿㇦ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀ǶᙔᏑ୨༾厁⡮
⓺Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 卿எ‸ ⽚卻ވˏ卼ǯ᫉㲛ᇙ㯪㉼ᘘ㢙ᙻǶ᳖
LITERATURE
Seikado, Koken, vol. 41, Tokyo, 1985 㵶໵ᇙㅳ㉼ᙔݥ㫀Ƿ卿✄Ӯݺ卿ᇙㅳ㉼୨㫀卿࣍ݨࢦՀ卻ވ̕卼ǯ
Compare a smaller chengni inkstone of similar style also from
the Qianlong period 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, pp. 146-147, no. 97 (fig. 1).
The imperial poem is recorded in Qing Gaozong yuzhi shiwen
quanji: yuzhishi, vol. 4, juan 82 (fig. 2).

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
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fig. 2 back
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