Wansitong Mingduan Shigua-style inkstone

[Wansitong Mingduan Shigua Inkstone]

Wansitong Mingduan Shigua Inkstone, in the early Qing Dynasty, is 20.4 cm long, 18.9 cm wide, and 3.1 cm thick
The inkstone is made of stone, purple, and shaped with the material. The inkstone hall is carved into a melon. The fat leaves cover the edge of the inkstone, and there are mottled cavities on the leaves. An inkstone is carved at the melon base. On the back of the inkstone, the title of the Yinwen seal script is “Wei Bi Gua”, which is continuous and deep-rooted in Wansi years “. At the end of the inkstone, the Yinwen regular script” Wansi Tong Ming “was signed, and the” season “and” wild “seal script seals were carved; On the lower left is engraved the seal book “Shanyin Wu’s Treasure”. Wu’s is another collector after Wan Sitong
This inkstone is thick, ingenious and interesting. The carving knife technique is simple and smooth, round and without edge. It shows the craftsman’s skilled skills in simple and casual, reflecting the inkstone making style of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties


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