Songhua inkstone with lid featuring willow and egrets, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Songhua inkstone with lid featuring willow and egrets, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: K1F000222N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Studio implements
• Archival dimension: 硯長11.4公分 寬8.4公分 高1.1公分；盒長12.1公分 寬9.1公分 高2.0公分
• Function: Stationery and stationery
• Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Songhua Stone
• Description:
  The purple oblong eight petal inkstone has thin edges around it. The pool is round and hemispherical in shape, with thin edges around it. Leave a thick circle on the inkstone surface as the ink hall. The back of the inkstone has wide edges, and the lower part of the central concave is engraved in regular script: “Out of the heaven, better than the jade, carved for research, pure and refined, it commands a few literary algae, and has been repeatedly saved.” Section: “Emperor Qianlong’s Imperial Inscription”, and two lines of seal script square print in relief: “A few moments of leisure”. Yellow oblong eight petal shaped inkstone box, the box cover and the box body are buckled by the inkstone body. The box is made of yellow and green stones. The box is yellowish brown with light yellow spots. The pattern of the cover is light green. A willow, egret and pond are carved skillfully. A tree stretches from the lower left corner of the cover, and then turns to the upper left corner; Two herons stood on the willow trunk, looking up at their companions flying toward the pond. The box back has wide edges around it.