Songhua inkstone with lid featuring fisherman under the moon, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Songhua inkstone with lid featuring fisherman under the moon, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: K1F000234N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Studio implements
• Function: Stationery
• Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Songhua Stone
• Description:
  Purple square inkstone. In the middle of the back of the inkstone is engraved in regular script: “Out of heaven, better than jade, carved for research, pure and refined, several literary algae are ordered, and they are repeatedly saved.” Section: “Emperor Qianlong’s Imperial Inscription”, and two lines of seal script square print in relief: “A few moments of leisure”. A yellow green square inkstone box, with a small boat carved on the cover, slides in from the bottom left of the cover, and an old fisherman squats at the bow of the boat, fishing alone with a pole; The water grass flutters to the right, and the mountains on the opposite bank form a belt; There is a round shallow macula in the upper left corner, like a bright moon hanging high in the sky.