J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio
March 13 - April 11, 2015
35.
A ‘BAOPING’ PURPLE INKSTONE
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
of rectangular chaoshou form, the purple stone with silvery iridescent surface, the recessed grinding platform in the shape of a vase, with a deep oval inkwell above the mouth.
5 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄8 inches (14 x 8 cm)
A Song dynasty chaoshou inkstone made of the same purplish stone and carved with a closely related ‘baoping’ design is illustrated by Wu in Jianshi guyan (Connoisseurship of Ancient Inkstones), Fuzhou, 2002, p. 52.
Compare also the Song dynasty chaoshou type inkstone of baoping design discovered in 1990 in a Song dynasty tomb in Haikang county, Guangdong province and now in the collection of Haikang County Museum, illustrated in the catalogue of the special exhibition at the Art Gallery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Quintessential Purple Stone: Duan Inkstones Through the Ages, Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 18-19, no. 6.
宋 寶瓶式抄手石硯 14 x 8 厘米
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