A RARE DARK OLIVE-GREY STONE TILE-FORM INKSTONE

Lot 881
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Lot 881 | A RARE DARK OLIVE-GREY STONE TILE-FORM INKSTONE
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$ 20 000 – 30 000
A RARE DARK OLIVE-GREY STONE TILE-FORM INKSTONE

FIRST HALF OF 18TH CENTURY

The ink stone is made in the form of a Han roof tile, with one end gently curved and carved with a seven-character inscription, fang Han Shiquge wa yan (in imitation of the inkstone made from the roof tile of Shiqu pavilion of the Han dynasty), and the other end more deeply curved. The circular grinding surface has a beaded border below a poem titled Langweng zan (An accolade by an idle old man), followed by a seal reading Shiwen yin (seal of Shiwen). The underside is carved in archaistic script with four characters, Shiqu ge wa (roof tile from the Shiqu pavilion), followed by Xuande yuannian (first year of Xuande reign [1426]), and two seals, Xuan and De, and there is a lengthy inscription on one long side which is signed Gao Fenghan.

5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) long





Provenance

Sir Percival David (1892-1964) Collection, England.

Bonhams London, 20 April 1983, lot 132.

Auspicious Treasures from the Blumenfield Collection; Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1278.





Literature

S. Riddel, Dated Chinese Antiquities, London/Boston, 1979, pp. 188-9, pl. 149a, no. 1426.



Exhibited

Los Angeles, Sumptuous Elegance: Art of the 18th Century Qing Dynasty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17 March - 30 June 1992.
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