ink-stone BM-PDF.747

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620
Materials:porcelain
Technique:wucai, underglazed,

Dimensions:Height: 80 millimetres Width: 221 millimetres

Description:
Rectangular porcelain ink-slab raised on a splayed plinth, with open-work sides, partly open-work top, unglazed central panel for holding water, and deeply recessed panel for holding water. There are lotus panels on the plinth, dragons chasing pearls over waves on each side, two dragons on the top, full-faced dragon in the water-pot section, and two dragons on the base. There is a mark in underglaze blue on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Wanli 1573-1620 Room 95 label text:PDF 747Wucai ink stonePotters decorated this openwork rectangular ink stone in a twice-fired technique called 五彩 (wucai ‘five colours’) composed of underglaze blue and overglaze red, yellow, and green. There are lotus panels on the plinth, dragons chasing pearls over waves on each side, two dragons on the top, full-faced dragon in the water-pot section, and two dragons on the base. The base carries an underglaze blue Wanli reign mark. The writer holds a solid ink cake or stick and dissolves it into a liquid by slowly rubbing or grinding it against the smooth area of the ink stone moistened by water. As the grinding continues, more water is added and the liquid ink pools in the sunken part of the stone. Ink stones should be abrasive enough to grind the ink and smooth enough not to damage the fine hairs of the brush.Porcelain with openwork, underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze wucai enamels Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period, AD 1573–1620 PDF 747五彩硯此五彩鏤空長方形硯兩次燒成，包括釉下青花及釉上紅、黃及綠彩。底座上繪蓮瓣紋，兩側繪海水龍戲珠圖案，硯面繪兩條龍，蓄水處繪正面龍，器底繪兩條龍。器底署青花萬曆年款。使用者將墨餅或墨條以液體溶解，並緩慢地在光滑的硯面上不斷研磨、加水，使得墨汁浸入硯臺下凹處。硯臺既要有可供研墨的粗糙研磨面，同時又要足夠平滑而不損傷毛筆。瓷器，鏤空，青花，釉上五彩江西省景德鎮明代，萬曆，萬曆款，1573-1620年