清十八世紀 木根隨形金農銘筆筒 《乾隆乙丑稽留山民》款

款識：
翰墨生香。「金吉金印」印

Born in Hangzhou, Jin Nong (1687-1763) moved to Yangzhou where he found extensive patronage and established himself as a talented poet, calligrapher and painter and a connoisseur of ancient bronzes and stone inscriptions.  He was also identified as one of the ‘Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou’, a group of idiosyncratic artists that excelled at flower paintings in the spontaneous xieyi (picture idea) style.

Jin used many sobriquets, one of which appears here: Jijin, including Dongxin ('Mr. Winter Heart'), Chichun weng ('Old Fellow Brazen Spring'), and Jijin Longxu jiuke ('Old Sojourner Dragon Spindle')