Songhua inkstone with lid in persimmon shape

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清 乾隆 西元1736-1795年

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National Palace Museum

An inkstone and lid are displayed next to a small golden spoon. The inkstone is carved in the shape of gourds and leaves, with a dark reddish-brown exterior and a lighter greyish-green interior. 綠色柿式硯，周緣起棱，下緣稍為內凹。石質潤澤，通體有深淺不同天然綠色橫紋，數道橫紋已近於白色。硯面有一較粗的橫橢圓形墨堂，餘皆打磨光滑，墨堂稍凹入。硯背周緣起棱，中央凹下處正中部位陰刻一行四字篆款：「乾隆年製」。紫色柿形硯盒，旁附一水盛，內置一金匙。盒用紫綠二層色石琢製而成，盒呈紫色，蓋面左方大柿子滿佈灰綠與碧綠色天然斑紋，前者尚延至右方小柿子之左下角。蓋面上緣高浮雕葉與藤，一細枝下垂，上附二葉，一正一覆，正者陰刻葉脈，覆者浮雕脈紋；柿子頂端皆浮雕蒂。 Object number: 故文000123N000000000 Rights: Songhua inkstone with lid in persimmon shape, The National Palace Museum, Taipei, CC BY 4.0 @ www.npm.gov.tw IIIF manifest: https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Integrate/GetJson?cid=24796&dept=U