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ink-stone
Object Type
ink-stone
Museum number
PDF.661
Description
Circular porcelain ink-slab with a disc in the centre surrounded by a grooved border, and a recessed circular area on base. The ink-slab has an unglazed disc in the centre. There are separated flower sprays on the border on the upper side, and separated prunus and chrysanthemum sprays on the underside around the flattened ring. There is an inscription in the centre of the base.
Cultures/periods
Qing dynasty
Kangxi
Production date
1671
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
197 millimetres
Height:
30 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Qing Kangxi AD1671
Room 95 label text: PDF 661 Ink stone with inscription The forty-eight character inscription in underglaze blue on the base has been translated: ‘I take home a stone, but it is like I have the entire ocean tucked into my sleeve; It has served me as an ink stone for a thousand years; Transformed in the potter’s kiln, it is round and bright like the moon, In it I put my ink and drive my brush, the task is effortless and the accomplishment doubled; having made this literary encounter I achieve great ease. Autumn of the xinhai year [AD 1671], inscribed by the jushi [scholar] Yi’an.’ Yi’an was the alias of Xiang Wenhuan. Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Qing dynasty, dated equivalent to AD 1671
PDF 661 銘文硯 器底署青花銘文,計四十八字,翻譯為英文的意思是:“我把一塊石頭帶回家,但卻仿佛將整片海洋捲入衣袖中;作為硯臺它已供我使用了一千年;經過窯火燒制,它變得又圓又亮,正如滿月一般;我在硯中浸入墨汁、揮筆寫就,工作毫不費力且事半功倍;完成了這篇文章,我感到極為輕鬆自在。辛亥年秋天(1671年),亦庵居士銘文。”亦庵為向文煥(音)的字。 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 清代,紀年為1671年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.38, no.661)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.26, no.661, pl.III)
Wilson 1998 / Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics
(pp 72-73, no.26)
Pierson 2002 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.83, no.83)
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 133, pl. CXXXII(b))
Pierson 2004A / Blue and White for China: Porcelain Treasures in the Percival David Collection
(pp 124-125, no. 53)
Location
On display
(G95/dc24/sh1)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.661