Imperial Ink Stone, 1662-1722, K'ang-hsi Workshops, 7/16 x 4 3/16 x 6 1/8 in. ( x x cm), Sung-hua stone, China, 17th-18th century, Sung-hua stone from Chi-lin, with its typical green tone, was reserved almost exclusively for imperial use during the K'ang-hsi (1662-1723), Yung-cheng (1723-35), and Ch'ien-lung (1736-95) periods. The reverse of this horizontally striated ink stone has a brief engraved couplet written in the hand of the K'ang-hsi emperor. It reads: 'used in tranquility this inkstone will last many lifetimes.' The poem is followed by two rectangular seals

---

Size: 3814px × 4676px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1662-1722, 1662-1723, 1723-35, 1736-95, 17th-18th, ang-hsi, ateliers, carved, carvers, century, chi-lin, chien-lung, chin, china, collect, couplet, design, emperor, engraved, exclusively, fine, floating, green, hand, horizontally, imperial, ink, inkstone, ku, kung-wang, leafy, lifetimes, noteworthy, obverse, peach, periods, poem, pool, reads, rectangular, relief, reserved, reverse, seals, stone, stones, striated, sung-hua, tien-yang, tone, tranquility, typical, water, waves, workshops, written, yung-cheng