Songhua inkstone with “Dragon Educating the Cub” motif (with wooden box), Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

Songhua inkstone with “Dragon Educating the Cub” motif (with wooden box), Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

• Image Number: K1F000161N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Studio implements
• Function: Stationery and stationery
• Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Songhua Stone
• Description:
  Irregular rectangular green inkstone. The head of the inkstone is carved with cloud dragon patterns. The head and body of a dragon billow in the waves. Under the waves, there is a pool with a brown red dragon ball embedded in it; A young dragon is embossed at the bottom left of the pool, looking back at the big dragon behind. The large dragon is embossed on the upper edge of the inkstone, and the body of the dragon is looming in the clouds. The edge of the inkstone surface is ribbed, and the inner circle is the ink pool. On the surface of the inkstone, there is a thick oval shaped ink hall. The central part is engraved with a running script: “The stone of a fist is hard, and the water of a spoon is clean.” The square and round seals are respectively carved. The round seal is engraved with a four character seal character: “Master of Body Yuan”. The upper and lower seal inscriptions are respectively engraved with Qiangua and Kungua, and the left and right sides are respectively engraved with dragon patterns; The square is engraved with two lines and four characters in Yin: “Kangxi Chenhan”. The beginning is inscribed with a two character oval seal: “Five Clouds”. The lower left corner is engraved with regular script: “To Yin Zhen”. Irregular rectangular brown wooden box, with child and mother openings, wide edges on the back, and a layer of yellow paint on the whole body. The cover is engraved with a running script inscription in the shade: “It has a long life and is moist in quality, green in color and clear in voice, and the ink is beneficial to the hair, so it is also a treasure.” It is also engraved with two square seals, one is engraved with two lines of two character seal: “Kangxi”, and one is embossed with two lines of four character seal: “Jigu Youwen”. On the left side, a yellow sign was pasted, and the ink script said, “There is a green stone inkstone.” From the inkstone inscription, it can be seen that this inkstone is the inkstone of the Emperor Shizong of the Qing Dynasty, who was the emperor’s son at that time.