清 隨形端石梅花紋硯“光緒乙酉”款

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英文品名：A NATURAL-FORM DUAN INKSTONE CARVED WITH PLUM BLOSSOM, BEARING A GUANGXU YIYOU MARK 尺寸：L:18cm;W:13cm 此硯取端溪老坑石，隨天然石形而製，作長方形圓角邊。硯面開橢圓形硯堂，硯緣隨形雕折枝梅花一枝，花瓣、樹皮蒼老遒勁。石色紫青，石品細膩，呵氣成研。硯背陰刻行書銘文，落款“光緒乙酉上巳”並鈐印。為清代文房舊硯。端硯產於廣東端州（今肇慶）斧柯山、端溪一帶，石出老坑、麻子坑、坑仔岩，石質細膩、發墨細而不損毫。硯工常就石之天然形勢隨形開製，於硯邊、硯側雕梅、竹、雲水，所謂「天生成硯」。隨形硯最得文人賞愛，以其不假雕琢、存石之真。硯背鐫銘，記製硯、藏硯歲月，尤為藏硯家所重。 This Duan inkstone follows the natural outline of the stone, with a rounded rectangular contour. The oval well is framed by a carved branch of plum blossom, its bark and petals rendered with an aged, vigorous touch. The stone is a fine purple-blue Duan, smooth and ready to grind ink. The reverse bears an incised inscription dated the Shangsi festival of the Yiyou year of the Guangxu reign, with a seal. It is a Qing scholar's old inkstone. Duan inkstones come from the Fuke Hills and Duan Stream at Zhaoqing, Guangdong; the old, Mazi and Kengzai pits yield stone that grinds ink fine without harming the brush. Makers often followed the natural form, carving plum, bamboo or water clouds at the rim—so-called heaven-made stones. Literati prized free-form stones for their unforced truth. Inscriptions on the back recording the year of making or collecting were especially valued by connoisseurs.

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