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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY OF K’UNG HSIANG-HSI
2019
A RECTANGULAR DUAN INK STONE
17TH CENTURY
The well is carved with a lengthy calligraphic inscription referring
to village life, followed by Wancun yu Renzuo (from Wancun to
Renzuo), indicating that this ink stone was a gift from Lü Wancun
(1629-1683) to Renzuo.
4√ in. (12.4 cm.) square, ftted wood box
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
The K’ung Hsiang-Hsi (Kong Xiangxi, 1881- 1967) Collection,
New York, and thence by descent within the family.
Wancun was the sobriquet of Lü Liuliang, a Han Chinese poet and author
from Tongxiang, Zhejiang province, who took active part in the anti-
Manchu military movement that followed the fall of the Ming in 1644.
明末清初 呂晚村銘端石方硯
(reverse)
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