Chen Bingj un Inkstone
Republican Period
16×10.8×2.9cm.This is a rare specimen of Duan stone,the best material for inkstones.On the left,a carving reads "ink-stone used by Master Lianfang for editing the Basic Questions and Divine Pivot" in seal script(see Figs.66 and 67).Another inscription in regular script reads ‘‘written and presented by Boqi in early Autumn 1885."(Collection of Museum for History of Medicine,Shanghai University of TCM)