Inkcake with inscription of "Qinglin sui" and dragon pattern

Unknown artist

明 萬曆三十二年 西元1604年

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National Palace Museum

A dark, rectangular inkstone is carved with a dragon motif. The dragon is depicted in relief, coiling around the body of the inkstone. 八角柱形墨，表面模印一龍繞旋，龍紋淺凸，間隙模印「青麟髓」篆字款銘及「漱金」、「歙方于魯按易水法造」楷字。此外，頂端柱面中央圓框開光，開光內「用郁」篆字，開光外繞飾「萬曆甲辰年(1604)造青蓮閣藏」楷字一圈。 Object number: 故文000108N000000000 Rights: Inkcake with inscription of "Qinglin sui" and dragon pattern, The National Palace Museum, Taipei, CC BY 4.0 @ www.npm.gov.tw IIIF manifest: https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Integrate/GetJson?cid=55099&dept=U