Description
清 1644-1911 夔龙端砚
Dimensions: 19cm long, 10cm wide
Provenance:
– A private Taiwanese collection
Published:
– Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art, ‘Arts for the Scholar’,Asian Art in London 2007, no. 23, p. 60-61
The ink stone finely carved in the form of two overlapping circles. The first circle with a slight raised rim, decorated with a key fret border. The second circle forming the deep moon-shaped ink pool with a wide rim, finely carved in low relief with two ‘kui’ dragons and a central ‘shou’ character. Both circles of the base with raised rim, decorated in low-relief with five bats (‘wu fu’) flying amidst clouds. Wooden box and cover.
Five bats grouped together create the very auspicious and popular motif ‘five good fortunes’; longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue and natural death.
An unusual ‘Duan’ ink stone with carved ‘kui’ dragons (Qing dynasty, 1644-1911))
Period: 18th/19th century
Description
清 1644-1911 夔龙端砚
Dimensions: 19cm long, 10cm wide
Provenance:
– A private Taiwanese collection
Published:
– Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art, ‘Arts for the Scholar’,Asian Art in London 2007, no. 23, p. 60-61
The ink stone finely carved in the form of two overlapping circles. The first circle with a slight raised rim, decorated with a key fret border. The second circle forming the deep moon-shaped ink pool with a wide rim, finely carved in low relief with two ‘kui’ dragons and a central ‘shou’ character. Both circles of the base with raised rim, decorated in low-relief with five bats (‘wu fu’) flying amidst clouds. Wooden box and cover.
Five bats grouped together create the very auspicious and popular motif ‘five good fortunes’; longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue and natural death.
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