Description A 'Baolu Tai' Style Inkcake
MING DYNASTY
明 方於魯制“寶露臺“銘挺式墨
of rectangular with mold-impressed scene to one side, depicting a baluster jar positioned atop a platform representing Mount Heng surrounded by a roiling sea, 'precious dew' rising from the mouth of the jar, the reverse molded with an inscription, the side molded with a 12-character inscription attributing it to the Bingzi year of the Wanli reign (1576).
題銘:寶露臺
銘文:黃帝時丹丘之國獻瑪瑙甕以盛甘露,至堯時猶存,謂之寶露,隋帝世之諸隆,時淳則滿,時澆則竭,舜遷其甕於衡山之岳,為寶露臺,時有雲氣生其上。
邊款:萬曆丙子(1576)甲申月丁酉日作
方於魯,本名大滶,以字行,後改字建元,生卒年月不詳,安徽歙縣人,萬歷名墨工,明代制墨行“歙派”代表人物。本是程家制墨工,得程君房法,有獨創。三十歲前造“九玄三極墨”,被譽前無古人。
Length 7 x height 3/4 x width 3 1/2 in., 17.8 x 1.9 x 8.9 cm., weight 332.4 g.
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