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205 光緒十年 (1884) 端石吉慶萬福長方硯
AN INSCRIBED AND DATED DUAN 刻文：
INKSTONE
備古今不傳之法，出王謝筆外意，蓋數千年以一關
DATED GUANGXU TENTH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1884 鍵也。光緒十年書，孫其業。
AND OF THE PERIOD 附木座、木蓋、日本木盒。
The rectangular inkstone is carved on the top with a bat borne 來源：
on archaistic scrolls above a chime-shaped troughed inkwell,
surrounded by keyfret on the sides. The reverse is carved with 日本書法家大野石齋 (1925-2011) 收藏
an inscription followed by a Guangxu tenth year date and the
signature Sun Qiye.
10 in. (25.5 cm.) long, wood stand and cover, Japanese wood box
HK$60,000-80,000US$7,800-10,000
Provenance:
Collection of Ohno Sekisai (1925-2011), a Japanese calligrapher
A rectangular Duan inkstone with very similar motifs on the front
side but with a different-decorated underside, dating to the Jiaqing
to Daoguang period, was included in the Chinese University of Hong
Kong exhibition The Quintessential Purple Stone, Hong Kong, 1991,
Catalogue, no. 75.
(two views 兩面)
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