A rare celadon jade inkstone, Song dynasty | 宋 青玉硯

A German family collection, acquired in China between 1894 and 1922, thence by descent in the family.

It is extremely rare to find jade inkstones dated to the Song dynasty. A similarly shaped jade inkstone dated to the Song dynasty in the Jinci Museum, is illustrated in Chinese Jades in Traditional Collections: Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Beijing, 2010, p.61; See also a closely related jade inkstone of similar form unearthed from the tomb of the Princess of Chenguo of the Liao dynasty, illustrated by Ding Zhe, Qianxi Liao Chenguo gongzhu mu chutu de yuqi [A brief study of the jades excavated from the tomb of the Princess of the Chen State], in Shoucangjie, Ningxia, 2010, vol. 10, pp. 42-45.

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德國家族收藏，1894-1922年間得自中國，後家族傳承

參看晉祠博物館藏一件宋代風字形玉硯，著錄於《中國傳世玉器全集：宋遼金元明》，北京，2010年，頁61。另見內蒙古通遼市遼陳國公主墓出土的一件玉硯，亦呈風字形，著錄於丁哲，〈淺析遼陳國公主墓出土的玉器〉，《收藏界》，寧夏，2010年，第10期，頁42-45.