CHINESE
Ink stone
(墨硯)
1778

Medium
stoneware

Measurements
(a-c) 7.7 × 16.7 × 11.3 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Mow Fung, 1959

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
China

Inscription
(b) engraved (in Chinese characters) on reverse u.l.:
(c) embossed c.: 虎伏研

Accession Number
124.a-c-D5

Department
Asian Art

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation

Physical description
In form of crouching tiger, box lid with grid and tendril panels and bird pairs.