Work ID:
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M010A0015
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Title:
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Five colors inkstone by Fang Yulu
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Creation Date:
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Ming Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
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A.D.1368
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End Year Date:
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A.D.1644
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Dynasty:
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45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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Diameter: 8.0~8.3 cm; Height: 1.5~1.6 cm
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Material:
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Ink
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Form:
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Mo (ink block)
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Type:
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Studio accessories
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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The ink is round in shape with a raised rim. Five cakes of ink in vermilion, yellow, green, indigo, and white are kept in a square wooden casket. Each cake has the same inscription and decoration because they are produced from the same mold. On one side, there is a silver-inlaid inscription, "Gold and hard Buddhist wheel of law" in li-shu (square style). The other side is decorated with Sanskrit writing and wheels of law surrounded by clouds. The two sides have embossed inscriptions; one writes, "The ink used by Monk Tang" (the monk in Journey to the west); the other is an endorsement, "Produced by Fang Yulu."
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ImageV ID:
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M010A0015AS004
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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