Refined clay “Chaoshou” inkstone used by Zhang Zhi, Song dynasty (960-1279)-China Archive

Image Number: K1F001542N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Song dynasty
Category: Studio implements
Function: Stationery
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
The inkstone is made of trapezoid, with the walls on both sides slanting out without blocking at the lower end. The inkstone is anticlinal and belongs to the style of wind character inkstone. The wind character inkstone is named after a character whose shape is like “wind”. It was popular in the Northern Song Dynasty, and has an exaggerated form of thin waist and wide skirt; The Southern Song Dynasty was conservative. This piece should be a typical style. The inkstone is made of clear mud, light and yellow in color, light and delicate in quality. The inkstone hall is wide, and the ink pool is inclined forward to the front. On the right side of the inkstone wall is inscribed the official script “The old man in Nanxuan wrote the scripture inkstone”, and on the back of the inkstone is one imperial poem written in the 43rd year of Emperor Qianlong (1778). According to Zhang swa, Zhang Junzi, a famous official in the early Southern Song Dynasty, entered the official office with shade, and finally wrote in the Right Wen Hall, referring to the Chongzhi Temple of Wuyi Mountain. Scholars called him Mr. Nanxuan. This inkstone was used by Mr. Nanxuan when he wrote.