Oval ink stone with celadon glaze, Southern Song to Yuan dynasty-China Archive

Image Number: K1B017414N000000000PAE
Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Stationery and stationery
Description:
The upper and lower edges of the device are folded, with a thin middle waist and four short feet at the bottom. The fetal bone is thick and thick. It is coated with beige glaze, and the glaze color is partially green. The glaze surface has fine grains, and the edge glaze is thin, showing brown edges. From the abrasion marks around the surface, it can be seen that the surface of the tool was originally glazed, which was later removed and changed into an inkstone surface. After use, it is stained with ink. On the bottom of the inscription is Emperor Qianlong’s “Inkstone on Jun Kiln”: “Inkstone made by Zhao Songjun Kiln, with flat surface and unglazed surface, there is a pond. It should be rare to find a good old pit, and it should be accompanied by a unique clear mud”, a poem made by the imperial court. At the end of the poem, there was no chronicle, only the “Qianlong Imperial Title” was signed, and a seal of “Bide” was affixed. When Emperor Qianlong appreciated it, he did not know whether it was a hint or, like contemporary scholars, it was only after he had seen it. Under the “flat surface and unglazed surface, there is a pond”, he specially added that “enamel does not generate ink, and unglazed glaze is just like clear mud, which can polish ink”.