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34. A ‘f i s h i n W Av e s’ i n K s t o n e A n d C ov e r
Song Dynasty (960-1279)

carved from smooth silvery-gray she stone, the rectangular inkstones with sloping ink wells and
framed by interlocking raised borders, the close-fitting cover carved in shallow relief with a pair of carp
amidst stylized rolling waves.

4 /16 × 2/8 inches (11 × 6.7 cm)
5
5
Compare the inkstone of very similar form carved with floral motifs on the flat cover, discovered in 1964 in a Northern Song
tomb at Ma Cheng, Hubei Province, illustrated in the excavation report published in Kaogu 1965, No. 1, pl. 5, fig. 10.

宋 歙石雙鯉水紋雙層硯 11 × 6.7 厘米