周肇祥《琉璃厂杂记》云:“清古斋有拓本一册,尘土粘渍,展示乃清初诗人查莲坡砚铭也。索价不奢,以一番得之。计十二页,研铭二十四,辞多奇丽,制铭者皆一时风雅之士。”又云:“莲坡家饶于财,于津西筑水西庄,觞咏无虚日。余去腊偕固庵、伯弢曾访其遗址,不可得。但见荒塍乱碣,桃柳杂栽而已,则遗砚之飘零湮没亦?概可想。”周氏所录砚共二十七,有自铭者三,其中只镌“莲坡珍藏”者一,一砚不载作铭者,或为自制,及余者并见该书,不录。余于琉璃厂得其砚一,砚作钟样,刻纹精细,规整大方,极精。端石作成,质亦佳,背空腹穹 Zhou Zhaoxiang “Liulichang miscellany” cloud: “Qing ancient vegetarian there is a copybook, dust stick stains, the show is the beginning of the Qing Dynasty poet Chalmerson Yan Ming also not extravagant, in order to get some .Twenty pages, Ming inscription twenty-four, rhetoric and more, the system of Ming who are a time elegant person. ”And cloud: “ Lin Po home for money, built in the West Xizhu water Tsu, Yong Yong imaginary day. Um, Bo Tao visited the site, not available .But see barren chaos, Taoluzaizai it, then the inkstone of the floating oblivion also can not think about. ” Since the inscriptions of three, of which only Juan “Lian Po collection ” one, an ink not as inscriptions, or for self-control, and the rest and see the book, do not record. Yu Li Li glass factory was its first, Yan Zhong bell-like, fine carving, regular and generous, very fine. Duan Shi made, quality is also good, back empty abdominal dome