Inkstick inscribed with "Qingxiang zhijie"

Unknown artist

清 乾隆 西元1736-1795年

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National Palace Museum

A dark, rectangular inkstick is carved with a scene of birds and flowering branches. A small gold-colored fitting is attached to the bottom. 長方形墨，首略弧，邊框起棱，兩側棱面較寬，首尾棱面薄細如線。一面有填金隸字「清香直節」與篆字「御墨」款識，並模鈐填金「得佳趣」三字。一面模印梅花竹葉，花正盛開，又有小鳥兩隻躍飛其間，就中梅竹之象，即喻指「清香」、「直節」之意。墨側有「大清乾隆年製」楷款。 Object number: 故文000308N000000000 Rights: Inkstick inscribed with "Qingxiang zhijie", The National Palace Museum, Taipei, CC BY 4.0 @ www.npm.gov.tw IIIF manifest: https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Integrate/GetJson?cid=15680&dept=U