AN IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED 'TANG-STYLE OBSERVING HEAVEN INKSTONE'
QING, QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED TO THE FORTY FIRST YEAR (CORRESPONDING TO 1776)
Inscription: 'FANG TANG GUAN XIANG YAN' 'GU SHENG GUAN XIANG YI ZAI BI QIAN GUA SUI HUA BA LI JU XIAN TIAN YI SHUI ZHI YAN YI CHAN WEI BIAN SI WEI SI YU FEI FANG FEI YUAN FU SHE JI OU QUAN TI BEI YAN WAN CI SHI ZI XUAN SHI FANG ZHAN DI LU YAN ZHU YONG ZUO QIONG NIAN QIAN LONG BING SHEN XIN ZHENG YU MINGZXAG' Seal: 'DE CHONG FU' 'HUI XIN BU YUAN'

L 16.6 cm (6 1/2 in)

Provenance: Gutianyi's Beijing, 5th December 2011, lot 1164

Reference: A similar 'Tang-Style Observing Heaven Inkstone' which is supposed to be the same one shown in this lot. The back and front pictures are illustrated in Siku Quanshu, Zi 9, Pulu, Qinding Xiqing Yanpu, juan 23, co-edited by Wang Yanxu and Wu Shenglan, 1778 (Qianlong wuxu year), p. 31

ESTIMATE: HK$ 50,000 / RMB 44,000