Detail View: National Palace English: Song-hua stone with mystical tortoise carrying books
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Work ID:
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M010A0021
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Title:
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Song-hua stone with mystical tortoise carrying books
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Creation Date:
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Qian-long reign, Qing Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
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A.D.1736
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End Year Date:
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A.D.1795
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Dynasty:
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67 Qian-long reign (A.D. 1736~1795)
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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Length: 19.2 cm (with lid); Width: 13.3 cm; Thickness: 2.5 cm
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Material:
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Song-hua stone
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Form:
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Yan (ink-stone)
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Type:
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Studio accessories
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Subject:
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Animals
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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The inkstone is made of songhua stone and is rectangular in shape. The inkstone body is affixed to a stand with one foot-knob on each corner. The brownish yellow inkstone has a green ink-face, where ink is ground with visible thin stripes and light green dots. The ink-face has a dimension of 11.0 cm x 8.4 cm; its sides are decorated with two hornless dragons facing each other. The inkstone cover is also made of a light green songhua stone. Its decoration is an embossment in relief of mountain and clouds and roaring sea as background, with a dragon and horse bearing a drawing on the mountain and a tortoise bearing a book in the sea. On the upper right, an inscription describes the picture: dragon and horse hold a drawing, tortoise offers a book."
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ImageV ID:
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M010A0021AS001
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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