清 端石刻松竹梅詩文端硯

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英文品名：A QING DUAN INKSTONE CARVED WITH THE THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER AND INSCRIBED POETRY 尺寸：L:27cm;W:22cm;H:4cm 端石製，硯作長方形，邊起窄稜。硯面平直，硯池略深；硯背與側面淺雕松、竹、梅「歲寒三友」，枝幹虯曲，松針、竹葉、梅瓣細刻入微。側邊陰刻楷書詩文一行，刀工秀雅。石色紫潤，隱現石眼、蕉白，為清代文人硯。端硯產廣東肇慶端溪，唐代已知名，石出爐坑、水坑，質膩而韌，貯水不涸，發墨細膩，為四大名硯之首。硯背、側邊刻松竹梅，是明清文人硯常見題材：松竹梅經冬不凋，象君子節操。側邊陰刻詩文，多為持硯者自作或錄前賢句，落銘者寄託心跡，賞硯者兼讀其文。 A rectangular Duan inkstone with a narrow raised rim, the grinding surface flat and the ink pool slightly deeper. The back and sides are carved in low relief with pine, bamboo and plum, the three friends of winter; branches twisted, pine needles, bamboo leaves and plum petals finely detailed. A line of regular-script poetry is incised on the side. The stone is of a lustrous purple with natural eyes and banana-white markings. Duan inkstones come from the Duan River at Zhaoqing, Guangdong, renowned since the Tang. Stone from the furnace and water pits is fine yet resilient, holds water without drying and grinds ink smoothly; Duan is ranked first among China's four famous inkstones. Carving pine, bamboo and plum on the back and sides is a common Ming-Qing literati motif: the three plants endure winter, symbolising the integrity of the gentleman. Poetry incised on the rim was usually written by the owner or copied from earlier poets, expressing intent as one grinds.

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