ink-stone BM-PDF.273

Period:Northern Song dynasty Production date:1100
Materials:stoneware
Technique:incised, glazed,

Dimensions:Height: 35 millimetres Depth: 151 millimetres

Description:
Yue stoneware rectangular ink-stone with straight sides. The ink-stone has thick grey green glaze, except on upper surface and rim of base. There are parallel lines and an inscription incised on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : AD 1100 Room 95 label text:PDF 273Ink-stoneThis ink-stone was used for preparing ink by holding a solid ink cake or stick and dissolving it into a liquid by slowly rubbing, or grinding, it against the smooth area of the 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. This example is incised on the base 元符三年仲秋佳製(Yuan Fu san nian zhong qiu jia zhi ‘ Beautifully made in mid-autumn of the third lunar year of Yuan Fu’ [equivalent to AD1100]). Stoneware with incised lines and inscription and a dull-olive green glazeYue ware 越窯Shanglinhu kilns, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 上林湖窯Northern Song dynasty, dated equivalent to AD 1100 PDF 273青釉硯硯為研墨之用，將墨餅或墨條以液體溶解，並緩慢地在光滑的石面上不斷研磨、加水，使得墨汁積聚在硯臺下凹處。硯臺既要有可供研墨的粗糙研磨面，同時又要足夠潤滑而不損傷毛筆。此硯底刻“元符三年仲秋佳制”，即製作于元符三年（1100年）仲秋。炻器，劃花，刻銘，暗橄欖綠釉越窯浙江省上林湖窯北宋，紀年為1100年