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PROPERTY FROM THE QUEK KIOK LEE COLLECTION
2943
AN INSCRIBED RECTANGULAR DUAN STONE ᪺̗㡳ڐໞ䢰 ໞ䢱
‘PRUNUS’ WASHER ♟Ⓖᥱૉ჻㘞טᙴ⩈だᐸ㟍ᑝ᧾
DATED QIANLONG CYCLICAL GENGWU YEAR, CORRESPONDNG TO
1750 AND OF THE PERIOD, SIGNED WANG CHAOLIN ϝᬝ
㛖ݐ◶Ⅷ⻦
The washer is of rectangular form with indented corners standing
on four bracket feet. The interior surface is smoothly polished ᫉ᰚࣥ㕇⡵㪿Ὅ႙卿ᆨ߰ऒᑉ卿ᙹ᫈࣡㞒ǯᰚ୨ॶ⎐㦔ߴ㠺
while the exterior is incised with boughs of plum blossoms on the
ᙔǯݯԋ㖅㧩ݦڬपߴӬᡏ༠ᢐ卿⽥៨ཱིᝢ卿Ɽ⥝ᶕ៨ǯݯӬ
long sides with four verse inscriptions and seals around the sides.
ᙿߴ㉼ᙔ厍Ǹ㯅इۿ⚚㧿⎊⊺卿ᢐⱤ៨ӳࢼែ㰍ǯԳ㪏ᄗࢬօ
The inscription on the front is dated to 1750 with a seal reading
☌ӳᱏ卿㯪ᙻ៏㫝㕜ǯǹⶔǸ㘆՞ǹࣇ᪪厎ݯՀߺӴ㯪厍ǸԷ
Jinren. The back side has a fourteen-character inscription followed
㫘㕇ӽ᳖㧽ಗ卿᫈ൃᗁـߪ᫉Ɽǯ႘៣הǯǹⶔ᪪厍Ǹ㘆՞ǹǯ
by the signature Chaolin zuo (made by Chaolin) and a seal. The
two narrow sides also with inscriptions: one is an excerpt from Su ⯍ᙻ⏟ཌ㖅⒜ݦڬ卿ߺᶕ㬷㯪ໃǯݯӬᝳ厍ǸഏԠ㧿卿⁒
Shi’s Qian Chibifu (First Ode on the Red Cliffs) and the signature पᝳԖ卿ⲱ㬳य़ԠᏒᝳ卿㫍Ӭᬩ⩧ⴢइǯዂᮅӳԠ᳖㰍卿⯝ྒྷ
Wang Chaolin shu (written by Wang Chaolin); the other side is 㧿Ԡᚺᝲ卿⪆ᇑԠ⩧ἃ⪬卿⏖㙘Ԡ⩧Ꮀⰰ卿इԠὍ⏌卿⊇ԠӶ
inscribed with twenty-four characters in seal script with the text ⛖ǯᛓ㙁⁒⩢Ὅ⏌⻦Ԯǯ⯅㐽㐋卿ᮍ႘៣ᝧǯǹऔӬ㬷ݎᛓ
in regular script describing the origin of the duan stone. The ❨ᝧ厍Ǹࠈ⩧᠏Ǯᙹӻ⏜ǮգԠ㵲Ǯ◶ԠᇪǮকݯݏǮݯಳǮ
underside is incised with two seals, Jingren and Wang shi in seal
Ӷ╣ᲚǮ᭦ईᅴǯǹݻᓞᥓᝧ厍Ǹ⛘႔⨄⧷⊄ᙻᅓែ㵶㇝⥂卿
script.
ջᘛἃ⪻ጻᄙ卿ែӲࢦề㞑࣊ἃ⓺ႏԮ卿㢙⓺⩠㠺ǯǹ᫉ം卿
5 æ in. (14.7 cm.) long
ᰚᄓԆⶔᝳǸ㘆՞ǹࣿǸᮍ᭄ǹᙹ⛌᪪ǯ
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000
ᮍ卿ໃ㘆՞卿⽚႘៣Ǯᵏែംटǯ▭⟐ᇯ卿᳖ߝⶬल⊺།Ǯ
Wang Chaolin (1686-1759), having Jinren as a courtesy name ᝧᯧ།卿ཝᖼ⊺ᢐ卿Ԇս⥝៨༗♑ǯݯᛞ༕ᔆ႔卿⯝⧲
and Chaolin, Xidong waishi as his pseudonyms, was a painter ⪜Ǯឪᙹ⮝Ǯឪ㺄Ǯ㞖㗬Ǯ㿩Ǯ㵶⨷ক㜍Ԇ♑Ǹᔆ႔ݨሾǹǯ
and a calligrapher from the Qing dynasty. Wang was a native
of Anhui but mostly resided and was active in Yangzhou. He
was noted for his painting of prunus and later became one of
the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.
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