AN UNUSUAL CARVED AND INSCRIBED DUAN INKSTONE LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY Of rectangular form, finely carved with dragons amidst waves in a narrow band around the palette, dipping downwards on the top and carved with the moon detailed by an 'eye' of greenish-yellow tone surrounded by wispy clouds, one vertical side incised with a long poem, followed by the characters, Zheng Ming ming , 'Inscribed (by) Zheng Ming', and the corresponding side with three seals of the artist, the hollowed base carved in high relief with eight cylinders of varying heights, each centred with an 'eye' and surrounded by clouds 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) long, jade-inset wood cover, Japanese wood box
AN UNUSUAL CARVED AND INSCRIBED DUAN INKSTONE LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY Of rectangular form, finely carved with dragons amidst waves in a narrow band around the palette, dipping downwards on the top and carved with the moon detailed by an 'eye' of greenish-yellow tone surrounded by wispy clouds, one vertical side incised with a long poem, followed by the characters, Zheng Ming ming , 'Inscribed (by) Zheng Ming', and the corresponding side with three seals of the artist, the hollowed base carved in high relief with eight cylinders of varying heights, each centred with an 'eye' and surrounded by clouds 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) long, jade-inset wood cover, Japanese wood box
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