Rectangular ink slab
Gallery Location
Bishop White Gallery of Chinese Temple Art
Maker
Jingdezhen ware
Medium
Slab-built porcelain with cobalt-blue paint and glaze
Geography
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Date
1506-1521 AD
Period
Ming Dynasty, Zhengde Period
Dimensions
26 x 15.6 cm
Object number
925.25.2.A
Credit Line
The George Crofts Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
This ink slab was designed to hold Chinese writing brushes and inscribed with Arabic proverbs, was probably made for one of the influential Muslim eunuchs who advised the Zhengde Emperor. The text on the cover reads, “May your handwriting be beautiful for that will bring you prosperity.”
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