Duan inkstone with pine-tree bark decoration, Song dynasty (960-1279)-China Archive

Duan inkstone with pine-tree bark decoration, Song dynasty (960-1279)

Image Number: K1F000548N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Song dynasty
Category: Studio implements
Function: Stationery
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Endstone
Description:
The end stone, the inkstone is rectangular, the stone texture is fine, the inkstone is banana white, and there are fire patterns between them. The whole tool is carved with a section of old pine, and the right side of the inkstone surface is carved with pine knots. The place where the dimple enters is the ink pool. The surface of the inkstone is wide and flat, and the back of the inkstone is carved with pine skin scales. The phoenix head in the middle relief is intended to shake its wings and fly. On the left side of the inkstone is an inscription that says, “Only the rain can live long, and the sky can be blamed forever.” The lower part is inscribed with a rectangle of “millet valley”, and the right side is inscribed with the second inscription of the Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Regular script: “The banana leaves are white, the pine bark is green, firm and moist, honest and chaste, the water rock is clear, the dragon is clear, the millet valley spring is spring, and the inkstone farmland is cultivated”: the title of the inscription is “Imperial Inscription of Qianlong Wuxu”, the second seal seal: “Qianlong” and “Longlong” continuous beads. This inkstone inscription is included in the first and second volumes of Complete Collection of Imperial Poems and Prose of Emperor Gaozong of Qing Dynasty, Volume 40 and Page 7.