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I have a Chinese Ink Stone and I am trying to identify the marking on the bottom of the piece. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

No idea what the missing middle character is but the first and last are "Ink" and "Pavilion", presumably a studio name. However this sort of inscription is very frequently carved into modern inkstones to attempt to associate them with antiquity and literary tradition. The smaller seal is something like "authentic Song", which virtually guarantees that your inkstone is modern despite the scratches, though additional pictures of the rest of the inkstone are most welcome because they can be quite attractive and because the people here who give you and others free information about your objects for your moneymaking purposes deserve it.

Hi Rat,

A couple of points I think you may have missed.

1. these 'seal' marks have been impressed not carved. Notice the imperfect impression at the top of the 'pavilion' character., and

2. the tiny tell-tale holes which most likely indicate a resin casting.

Without seeing anything further, I am as certain as I can be that this is a modern 'stone', of which there are a great many around.

In addition to rat's expert response, the seals appear to be impressed in the material rather than carved. Likely, the material is resin and the object is cast (confirming rat's assessment that it is modern).

Cheers,
Stan

Thanks Mike and Stan, you are quite right about this casting, just went off the deep end a bit

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