Inkstone shaped like the character for “phoenix.”, attributed to Cang Xuean , Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Inkstone shaped like the character for “phoenix.”, attributed to Cang Xuean , Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

• Image Number: K1F000556N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Studio implements
• Function: Stationery
• Material: Minerals/jade jewelry/agate
• Description:
  Colorful patches of flower stone, with beautiful stone texture, smooth and warm. Wind style inkstone shape, round head, narrow waist, wide train, deep inclined ink ground, high and thick head, thin and cylindrical feet at the lower end. It is a work of strict moment and pursuing elegance. Inkstone back is engraved with an official script inscription: “If you doubt the stone, it is not the dragon’s writing. If you doubt the jade, it is not the fish’s clothing. If you do not want to fall down and do not want to be commonplace, you will be called a nameless simplicity.” Later, there was a running script: “Jiazi Chunyun Qing’s inscription, Zhongyu Li’s inscription”, with a rectangular seal: “Zhenshang”. Inkstone head end? The seal script inscription: “What is the name of this inkstone? Mi Yuanzhang said that the Jin Yan is like the two feet of the phoenix character, which is called Fenghuang Chi Ya. Ding An Zhi. Shen Rong seal script.” The seal character on the left side of the inkstone is “Cangxue Temple Treasure”. On the right side of the inkstone, the inscription and seal of the 43rd year of Qianlong (1778): “Qianlong” and “Longlong”. The Ming Monk read the words “Cangxue” and “Chenggong”. He lives in the middle peak of Lingjia Mountain in Suzhou, and can write poems. There is “Nanlai Hall Draft”. Inkstone Department Cangxue Temple, or this monk. Mo Shilong (? – 1587), named Yunqing, later named Tinghan, named Qiushui, was born in Huating. At the age of ten, he was famous for his poems and essays. Both calligraphy and painting are excellent, rather arrogant. Deeper than painting theory, there is a volume of Painting Theory. Zhongyu, also known as Niu Zhongyu, was born in Wujiang and lived in seclusion in medicine. There are Fuxi Man Draft and Wufu Mountain People Collection. Or Zhangzao (1547 -?) The word Zhongyu, his father’s literature, and his work? Carve, Wen? The calligraphy stone of the Ming Dynasty is unhappy if it is not carved. Zao can learn from her father’s work, and is good at copying and carving. She has excellent calligraphy, which is engraved with “Mo Di Tang Tie”. Ding Nunnery and Shen Rong were not examined. Jiazi is the 43rd year of Jiajing (1564). This inkstone was included in Volume 15 of the Western Qing Inkstone Manual.