Old red-veined stone inkstone shaped like a parrot , Ming dynasty (1368-1644)-China Archive

Image Number: K1F000160N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Studio implements
Function: Stationery and stationery
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Red Silk Stone
Description:
The Western Qing Inkstone Manual says that the inkstone is an “old pit red silk stone”. The inkstone is oval and carved in the shape of a parrot. The top left of the inkstone is carved with a parrot head, which looks like drinking water. The left and right sides of the inkstone are made with wings around the edge of the inkstone. The inkstone is yellow and light, with red silk stripes between it. The surface of the inkstone is flat, the ink pool is half moon shaped, and the back of the inkstone is slightly rectangular. In the middle of the inkstone is a poem inscribed by the Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Regular script: “Hung chien was not envious of using it as an instrument. It was strange that a stone could also be said and made. It is suspected that after you gave it to him Hengcheng, he vomited a little bit of it out of his liver.” Title: “Qianlong Imperial Title”. Seal 2: “Understanding is not far away”, “Virtue is sufficient”. This poem was also recorded in the Eighth Complete Works of Imperial Poems of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, and the Fourth Volume of Imperial Poems, Volume 56, Page 14, in the 44th year of Qianlong, 1779 AD.