A PALE CELADON JADE INKBED

细节
A PALE CELADON JADE INKBED
17TH/18TH CENTURY

The semi-translucent stone carved as a partially open scroll depicting a crane standing beneath a peach tree on top and with an inscription on the underside--5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) long

拍品专文

The inscription, He wu qian nian shu tao xian wan sui zhi, is signed Zi Ang, the art name of Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322)

Compare the similar rest, dated to the Ming Dynasty and referred to as an ink bed, in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Chinese Jades: Archaic and Modern, 1977, no. 178