Songhua purple stone Jiaqing imperial appreciation rectangular inkstone

[Songhua Purple Stone Jiaqing Imperial Appreciation Rectangle Inkstone]

Songhua Purple Stone Jiaqing Imperial Appreciation Rectangle Inkstone, 16.4 cm long, 11 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick
The inkstone is made of purple stone and pine flowers. It is bluish purple, warm and delicate. It shows moisture. The inkstone is rectangular with round corners, and the flowing inkstone pool is carved with a square dragon pattern at the ebb tide, and the border ring is decorated with a lotus pattern. On the back of the inkstone, the seal character “Jiaqing Imperial Award” is engraved
This inkstone has excellent stone materials, regular and simple shapes, and its carving is particularly delicate and elegant. Its technological characteristics are those of works in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, in the identification of the age, the title of “Jiaqing Yushang” should be regarded as the lower limit of the inkstone’s production age