Duan inkstone with divination motif, Song dynasty (960-1279)-China Archive

Duan inkstone with divination motif, Song dynasty (960-1279)

Image Number: K1F001545N000000000PAD
Dynasty: Song dynasty
Category: Studio implements
Function: Stationery
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Endstone
Description:
The end stone and the inkstone are in the rectangular hand copying style, with no blockage at the lower end. It is said to be the plum blossom pit stone in Duanxi, Song Dynasty. The stone is pure, purple and light, blue and white, with green dots between them. The surface of the inkstone is flat, the ink pool of the inkstone head is narrow and elegant, and the back of the inkstone has different lengths of stone columns, each with stone eyes, a total of 64 columns, which is just the number of the eight trigrams listed again. Because of the name of the four trigrams inkstone, the wall of the inkstone head is inscribed with a poem by the Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Regular script: “The odd and even eight contain eight are repeated, and the divinatory symbols are 64. Since heaven and earth are naturally numbered, there is no sign of the righteous text. The engraved column makes people see clearly. It does not say that only the inkstone is hidden in the chest. Playing with words, you can look at the image. Who is better to use than Shao Yong?”, Title: “The imperial title of Qianlong’s garrison in summer”: Seal 2: “Bi De” and “Lang Run”. According to this poem, it is included in the Eighth Complete Collection of Imperial Poems of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, and the Fourth Volume of Imperial Poems, Volume 58, Page 4. According to “Wuxu”, it was the 43rd year of Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, 1778 AD.