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919 A GREY-GREEN STONE SET OF                              南宋ǭ⒢刻梅紋長方套硯
                                                                                                                                                   TWIN RECTANGULAR INKSTONES
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Ϝ源
                                                                                                                                                   AND COVER                                           藍理捷
 紐約
 編號
                                                                                                                                                   SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
                                                                                                                                                   The rectangular inkstones are each carved with a flat grinding
                                                                                                                                                   surface and half-round water well enclosed by raised squared
                                                                                                                                                   borders. The cover is carved in relief with a branch with a prunus
                                                                                                                                                   blossom. The three elements fit together in a neat stack, with the
                                                                                                                                                   bottom inkstone resting on four shallow square feet, each with
                                                                                                                                                   remnants of red ink.
                                                                                                                                                   Each: 5√ in. (14.9 cm.) long, cloth box      (3)
                                                                                                                                                   $2,000-3,000
                                                                                                                                                   PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                                   J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3459.













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         918 A DUAN SIZHIYANG RECTANGULAR                           宋ǭ端⒢抄手硯
               INKSTONE
               SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)                           Ϝ源
                                                                    藍理捷
 紐約
 編號
               The smooth purplish-grey stone is crisply carved with straight flat
               sides enclosing a sloping platform that descends to a deep water well
               at the closed end, with the opposite end and underside cut away.
               Both sides are carved in high relief with a flaming pearl to cleverly
               utilize an ‘eye’ in the stone.
               6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) long, cloth box
               $1,000-1,500

               PROVENANCE:
               J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 2753.

               A slightly larger Song dynasty Duan inkstone of very similar form
               and with natural ‘eye’ markings is in the Nanjing Museum and
               illustrated by Xu Huping in The Treasures of the Nanjing Museum,
               London, 2001, no. 80. See, also, an inkstone with four straight
               sides (sizhiyang) illustrated by S. Kwan in Chinese Inkstones, Hong
               Kong, 2005, pp. 146-147, no. 34.










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