COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
Record
Work ID:
M010A0038
Title:
Inkstone made from Han Dynasty roof tile of the Eastern Pavilion of the Wei-yang Palace
Creation Date:
Han Dynasty
Start Year Date:
B.C.206
End Year Date:
A.D.220
Dynasty:
12 Han Dynasty (206 B.C.~A.D.220)
Creation Place:
China
Measurements:
Length: 23.8 cm; Width: 17 cm; Thickness: 3.9 cm
Material:
Roof-tile
Form:
Yan (ink-stone)
Type:
Studio accessories
Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description:
The inkstone is rectangular and has a shape of a Chinese roof tile. The elliptical depression in the middle is the ink-face where ink is ground. The upper part of the ink-face has a half-moon shaped inkwell sunken even deeper. Besides the ink-face and inkwell, the surface is filled with inscriptions. The uppermost inscription (in kai-shu, regular style) is a poem composed by Qianlong in his tenth reign year followed by two seals. Besides the poem, there are supplementary inscriptions from Qianlong's court officials, such as Liang Shizheng, Zhang Ruoai, Dong Banda, Wang Youdui, Li Songwan, Qiu Yuexiu, and Chen Banda. The back of the slab has a decoration of crackles. The center has a three-line inscription in raised li-shu (square style) characters: The tenth years of Han, tile from the eastern pavilion of the Weiyang palace, and produced by Zhuan Xiaohe. The inscription is evidently a duplicate from a mold.
ImageV ID:
M010A0038AS001
Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications