Duan gourd-shaped inkstone (with a Songhua inkstone box), Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)-China Archive

Image Number: K1F000299N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Studio implements
Function: Stationery and stationery
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Endstone
Description:
The light green square inkstone box is colored, and the cover decoration and text are yellowish brown. The cover is exquisitely carved with Shou characters. The relief seal characters in the Shou characters say: “Shou is ancient and moist in quality, green in color and clear in sound, and the ink is beneficial to the hair, so it is also a treasure.” The square and round seal characters are printed one by one. The round characters are engraved in yin: “Blessed”, and the square characters are embossed: “Longevity”. The inkstone box contains a purple square end inkstone, a bulu shaped inkstone surface, an arc pool, shallow reliefs of melon vines and leaves around the pool, and two bats on the right. In the middle of the back of the inkstone, there is a running inscription inscribed in Yin: “To use silence is to live forever.” It is also engraved with a seal seal: “Made in the year of Yongzheng”.