AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED DUAN INKSTONE QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Of square section, the inkstone is decorated on each vertical side of the exterior with a taotie mask suspending an applied bronze loop ring, flanked by a pair of confronted kui phoenix, all reserved on a leiwen ground. The hollowed base is carved with an archaistic square seal to the centre, yi zisun , ‘blessings for future generations’, surrounded by an Imperial poem signed Qianlong yuti , ‘Imperially composed by the Emperor Qianlong’, followed by seal a de chong fu , ‘Virtue within'. The surface is applied with a russet and green lacquer to imitate painted bronze. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) square, Japanese wood box Provenance Seikado, Tokyo
AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED DUAN INKSTONE QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Of square section, the inkstone is decorated on each vertical side of the exterior with a taotie mask suspending an applied bronze loop ring, flanked by a pair of confronted kui phoenix, all reserved on a leiwen ground. The hollowed base is carved with an archaistic square seal to the centre, yi zisun , ‘blessings for future generations’, surrounded by an Imperial poem signed Qianlong yuti , ‘Imperially composed by the Emperor Qianlong’, followed by seal a de chong fu , ‘Virtue within'. The surface is applied with a russet and green lacquer to imitate painted bronze. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) square, Japanese wood box Provenance Seikado, Tokyo
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