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43 - A Duanxi inkstone, carved with an auspicious beast Duan stone, quarried at Zhaoqing (formerly Duanzhou) in Guangdong province, has been esteemed as an inkstone material since antiquity. Here the ink pool (yanhai) is carved in the form of a ruishou — an auspicious mythical beast — whose powerful presence transforms a functional scholar's object into a work of sculptural art. L: 20.2cm W: 16.5cm H: 2cm China, Qing Dynasty
A Duanxi inkstone, carved with an auspicious beast Duan stone, quarried at Zhaoqing (formerly Duanzhou) in Guangdong province, has been esteemed as an inkstone material since antiquity. Here the ink pool (yanhai) is carved in the form of a ruishou — an auspicious mythical beast — whose powerful presence transforms a functional scholar's object into a work of sculptural art. L: 20.2cm W: 16.5cm H: 2cm China, Qing Dynasty