A ‘FISH IN WAVES’ TWIN INKSTONE AND COVER / J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York

Past Exhibition

Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio

March 13 - April 11, 2015

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A ‘FISH IN WAVES’ TWIN INKSTONE AND COVER

Song Dynasty (960-1279)

carved from smooth silvery-gray she stone, the rectangular inkstones with sloping ink wells and framed by interlocking raised borders, the close-fitting cover carved in shallow relief with a pair of carp amidst stylized rolling waves.

4 ⁵⁄₁₆ x 2 ⁵⁄₈ inches (11 x 6.7 cm)

Compare the inkstone of very similar form carved with floral motifs on the flat cover, discovered in 1964 in a Northern Song tomb at Ma Cheng, Hubei Province, illustrated in the excavation report published in Kaogu 1965, No. 1, pl. 5, fig. 10.

宋歙石雙鯉水紋雙層硯 11 x 6.7 厘米

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A ‘FISH IN WAVES’ TWIN INKSTONE AND COVER

Song Dynasty (960-1279)

4 ⁵⁄₁₆ x 2 ⁵⁄₈ inches (11 x 6.7 cm)

Past Exhibition

Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio

March 13 - April 11, 2015

34.A ‘FISH IN WAVES’ TWIN INKSTONE AND COVER

34.A ‘FISH IN WAVES’ TWIN INKSTONE AND COVER

34.
A ‘FISH IN WAVES’ TWIN INKSTONE AND COVER

34.
A ‘FISH IN WAVES’ TWIN INKSTONE AND COVER