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Artist:
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Wen Yu-yang
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Title:
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Ink Stone
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Date:
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1623 (Dated by inscription)
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Medium:
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Tuan stone
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Dimensions:
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1 1/8 x 6 3/16 x 8 1/4 in. (2.86 x 15.72 x 20.96 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
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Location:
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Gallery 217
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The stone slabs that artists used to prepare ink were highly valued. The quarries at Hsi-hsien in Anhui province and at Tuan-chou in Kwangtung yielded fine slatelike stone that had the right porosity, hardness, and grain to make good grinding utensils. Many Ming and Ch'ing dynasty stones were embellished with carved décor. This example has a cresting wave pattern on both the top and bottom surfaces. The bottom, shown here, includes a twenty-six-character inscription carved in archaistic script followed by the date 1623, signature, and seal of Wen Yu-yang.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Yu-yang, Wen
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Nationality:
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Chinese
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Life Dates:
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Chinese, active 17th century
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Inscription; Seal undeciphered four lines of text with three inscribed seals on verso
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Classification:
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Stone (Do Not Use)
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Physical Description:
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purple duan inkstone; wave design on three sides and surrounding ink basin; inscription with wave pattern at LRC of verso
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Creation Place:
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Asia, China, , ,
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Accession #:
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96.68.3
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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