Round ink cake inscribed with “Kunlun tianzhu”, attributed to Chen Junfang, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)-China Archive

Round ink cake inscribed with “Kunlun tianzhu”, attributed to Chen Junfang, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Image Number: K1F000089N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Studio implements
Function: Stationery and stationery
Material: Plants/Ink/
Description:
The round ink is printed on one side with the praise of the “Kunlun Heavenly Column” in Yang script: “Kunlun is a famous area, and the eight pillars of the sky. In the days and months, the light is hidden. Who can climb this hill, send his black pearl. The sky wind is rustling, and it will clean up for you. Jiao Hong.” Seal: “Weak weather”. On the other side, the landscape is printed, with towering peaks, lingering clouds and smoke, uneven chapped marks, trees and stones, and lines with different depths. On the right side of the picture, there is a seal: “Cheng Yaoyin”. On the ink side wall, block printed characters: “Guimao”, “Supervised by Chen Junfang”. Jiao Hong (1541 – 1620), a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty, was born in Jiangning, with the name of “weak marquis” and the name of “Yiyuan Garden”. Wanli 17 years (1589) Jinshiji, 22 years (1594) as a speaker of the Crown Prince. However, around the 20th year of Wanli (1592), Cheng Yue (Jun Fang), Zeng Shihong, the leader of Lusi Temple, got to know Jiao Hong. Therefore, when the “Ink Garden of Cheng’s Family” was compiled, Jiao Hong wrote the preface to the ink garden, Zhai Daohou Shijia, and ten ink garden thumbs up, all of which were written in ink. Most of the Cheng Jun Fang inks collected by Jiao Hong in the Forbidden City have Guimao (1603, the 31st year of Wanli’s reign) styles. The landscape patterns are complex and dense, all of which are exquisite works of Cheng’s ink.