End stone cat butterfly inkstone

[End Stone Cat Butterfly Inkstone]

End Stone Cat Butterfly Inkstone is 22.5 cm long and 19 cm wide
The inkstone is made of stone at the end of the inkstone and follows the shape. The inkstone surface is embossed with a cat flutter butterfly pattern, and the yellow-green natural stone eye of the end stone is used as the flower spot on the cat eye and butterfly wings
There is an inkstone hall under the cat butterfly. On the left side of the inkstone, the character “Shouyou” in the seal script is recognized. On the back of the inkstone is inscribed the inscription “golden eyes glow, pink wings smell, pure silk in sil, and benefits are boundless”, and the inscription “Ding Yourun February Gengyin, and the seal of Wei Zhai and Wu Zuqian”, and the seal of “Wei” and “Zhai”. In addition, “Wuzhi Xingmao, a total of eight years old, has a long career”, and is also signed with “Gao Zhu’s general inscription Gu Mi, Lin Chunwu”, and the seal book “Shi Qi”. Below are the seals of “Mercury Estate Residence” and “Qing Yin Tang Treasure”. The stone is hard and dense, purple and black in color, with blue and white in the stone and white banana leaves
The inkstone is made according to the material. Its theme, conception, composition and shape are carefully considered and properly carved to make the inkstone elegant, simple and natural. In ancient times, the combination of “cat butterfly” and “octogenarian” is expressed in craft and painting works, and the homonym of “cat butterfly” and “octogenarian” is intended to wish people a long life.

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