AN INSCRIBED 'DUAN' INKSTONE Qianlong (2)

AN INSCRIBED 'DUAN' INKSTONE Qianlong Of rectangular form, the platform top decorated with a smoothly polished reserve in the form of a hu-shaped vase with a fan-shaped well, reserved on a 'rhinoceros skin' ground, inscribed on the edge with an eight-character inscription, box. 13.8cm x 7.9cm (5 3/8in x 3 1/8in) (2). Footnotes: 清乾隆 端石仿宋德壽殿犀紋端州硯 Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 November 1981, lot 1047 The Hall of Refined Elegance, no. IS10 來源： 香港蘇富比，1981年11月27日，拍品編號1047 香港小雅之堂收藏，編號IS10 The inscription reads: fang Song De Shou Dian xi wen yen (仿宋德壽殿犀紋硯), which may be translated as 'Inkstone imitating Song Dynasty rhinocerosn skin design (made for) the Hall of Righteousness and Longevity.' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing