Inkstone in the Shape of a Roof Tile with Seal Script Characters
A dark gray stone disc with a raised central boss, its face carved with four quadrants of seal-script-style characters divided by a cross-shaped ridge. The smooth, slightly mottled surface is evenly lit against a plain gray backdrop, with its thickness visible at the right edge.
Look closer: The thickness of the disc shows as a darker edge at the right side.
- Artist
- Workshop of Jian Guzhai
- Date
- 1700s–1800s
- Medium
- She stone
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2993 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1899).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund