A SHE TILE-FORM INKSTONE

Lot 923
23.03.2023 08:30UTC -05:00
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ID 905535
Lot 923 | A SHE TILE-FORM INKSTONE
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$ 12 000 – 15 000
A SHE TILE-FORM INKSTONE

18TH-19TH CENTURY

Of thick cylindrical section, the inkstone is decorated on one side in the style of a Han pottery tile, with four large seal script characters reading qi ye yong xiang (eternal good fortune for seven generations) within fan-shaped cartouches encircling a central boss. The reverse has a slightly concave grinding surface and crescent-shaped well. The sides are incised with two inscriptions and the black stone is flecked with pale-greenish natural markings.

5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) diam., lacquered cover and stand, Japanese wood box





Provenance

Private collection, Japan, 2006.

Brian Harkins Oriental Art, London, January 2007.

Hugh Moss, Shuisongshi Shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) Collection.

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. x2620.



Literature

J. J. Lally & Co., Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, New York, 2020, no. 25.



Exhibited

New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, 13-27 March 2020.
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