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Chinese Calligraphy Brush, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
spirit. This early 20th century calligraphy brush would have once been used to write official documents
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Bamboo Calligraphy Brush Holder Carved With Scholars in a Garden
Located in Stamford, CT
scholars, mainly to hold calligraphy brushes when not in use.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Bamboo

19th Century Chinese Root Wood Calligraphy Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a beautiful 19th century Chinese brush pot made from a hardwood root. The root brush pot
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Hardwood, Burl

Antique Asian Red Coral and Purple Stone Calligraphy Brush Set with Stand
Located in Toronto, ON
This beautiful, unique red lacquered stand is a stunning showcase for calligraphy horsehair brushes
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Coral

Chinese Spotted Bamboo Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden vessel is an early 20th-century brush pot, a container used to hold select calligraphy
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Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Bamboo

Antique Chinese Spotted Bamboo Brush Pot
Chinese Spotted Bamboo Brush Pot
H 7 in W 5.5 in D 5 in
19th Century Chinese Cypress Root Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
scholar’s calligraphy brushes. The aged natural patina enhances the beautiful wood grain of the cypress root
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Early 19th Century Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Cypress

19th Century Chinese Cypress Root Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
scholar’s calligraphy brushes. The aged natural patina enhances the beautiful wood grain of the cypress root
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Cypress

19th Century Chinese Cypress Root Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
scholar’s calligraphy brushes. The aged natural patina enhances the beautiful wood grain of the cypress root
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Cypress

19th Century Chinese Cypress Root Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
scholar’s calligraphy brushes. The aged natural patina enhances the beautiful wood grain of the cypress root
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Cypress

Chinese Zitan Brush Pot with Soapstone Inlay, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Soapstone

Chinese Burled Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, a container traditionally used to hold select calligraphy brushes in a scholars' studio
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Burl

Chinese Burled Brush Pot, c. 1900
Chinese Burled Brush Pot, c. 1900
H 11 in W 8 in D 7.5 in
Chinese Burled Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, a container traditionally used to hold select calligraphy brushes in a scholars' studio
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Burl

Chinese Burled Brush Pot, c. 1900
Chinese Burled Brush Pot, c. 1900
H 7.75 in W 9.5 in D 7.5 in
Chinese Twisted Rootwood Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Burl

Chinese Gnarled Root Brush Pot, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Organic Modern Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Burl

Chinese Gnarled Root Brush Pot, c. 1850
Chinese Gnarled Root Brush Pot, c. 1850
H 6.25 in W 5.75 in D 5 in
Chinese Gnarled Root Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Burl

Exquisite Signed Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Brush Pot
Located in Hampstead, QC
. Brush pots were used by Chinese and Korean scholars between the 18th and 19th century. Calligraphy
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Bamboo

Antique Chinese Carved Bamboo Brush Pot
Located in Hampstead, QC
scholars between the 18th and 19th century. Calligraphy brushes were generally kept in the brush pots but
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Bamboo

"Treasures of the Scholars' Studio, " Ink and Paint on Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the Chinese scholar
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Silk, Ink, Pigment

"Treasures of the Scholars' Studio" Chinese Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the Chinese scholar
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Fabric

Fine Chinese Bamboo Root Carved Brush Pot
Located in Hampstead, QC
pots were used by Chinese and Korean scholars between the 18th and 19th century. Calligraphy brushes
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Bamboo

Chinese Ho Ho Boy Water Dropper, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. To prepare ink for painting or writing, the scholar would have
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

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Porcelain

Rare Traditional Chinese Bamboo Hand-carved Brush Pot
Located in Hampstead, QC
and Korean scholars between the 18th and 19th century. Calligraphy brushes were generally kept in the
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Bamboo

Chinese Four Drawer Inlaid Altar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
calligraphy brushes, bulb pots with narcissus flowers, and rootwood plant stands bearing graceful bouquets
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Guardian's Tail Inkstone, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Scholarly pursuits such as painting, calligraphy, and poetry were a highly respected and revered
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Stone

Antique Japanese Burl Tobako Bon Scholar's Object
Located in Bridgeport, CT
or a piece of bamboo for used tobacco ash. Could be also used for calligraphy brush pots or as a
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Wood

Japanese Spotted Bamboo Tobacco Inro, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
patterned natural material often used for making calligraphy brush handles. The barrel-shaped inro is capped
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Bone, Bamboo, Hardwood

Japanese Antique Choba Tansu (Merchant Chest) Meiji Era
Located in Soquel, CA
, valuables, books, stationery and sometimes calligraphy brushes, inkstone and inksticks. For marketing, it
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1860s Japanese Meiji Antique Calligraphy Brushes

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Wrought Iron

Japanese Edo Six-Panel Silver Leaf Screen with Chinese Brush Calligraphy
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese Edo period six-panel folding silver leaf screen featuring Chinese style brush
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Calligraphy Brushes

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Silver Leaf, Brass

Korean Painting, Wall Panel, 17th Century Ink Grapevine
Located in Kyoto, JP
these plants could be rendered monochromatically with simple ink and a calligraphic brush made them
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17th Century Korean Other Antique Calligraphy Brushes

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Wood, Paper

Japanese writting set in waqasa lacquer including bundai ryoshibako and fudebako
Located in PARIS, FR
traces of calligraphy brush, in reference to the function of the objects. Bundai is a low table used to
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Lacquer

Wakasa-Nuri Lacquer Bundai, Ryoshobako, Fubako Set
Located in PARIS, FR
also traces of calligraphy brush, in reference to the function of the objects. Bundai is a low table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Lacquer

Chinese Celadon & Green Turquoise Glazed Kangxi Scholar Brush Rest
Located in Atlanta, GA
function and aesthetic refinement. Brush rests were integral tools in the art of calligraphy and painting
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18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Calligraphy Brushes

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Porcelain

Small Late 19th Century Chinese Carved Hardwood Brush Pot
Located in Central England, GB
store their calligraphy and art brushes upside down to protect the bristles. Circa 1890 Dimensions
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19th Century Unknown Antique Calligraphy Brushes

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Hardwood

Antique Chinese Baotou Scholar’s Rug with Confucian Pictorial Design
Located in Dallas, TX
of objects can be seen: a bundle of scrolls, a vessel containing calligraphy brushes, some ink pots
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Wool

Antique Chinese Hand Carved Hardstone Brush Washer Archaic Ruyi Qing early 20
Located in Richmond, CA
This antique hand-carved sodalite hardstone brush washer is a stunning example of traditional
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Stone

19th Century Chinese Inkstone
Located in Vosselaar, BE
stick, paper and brush). When practicing calligraphy the ink (in solid form) was dispersed on the stone
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Stone

19th Century Chinese Inkstone
19th Century Chinese Inkstone
H 10.63 in W 8.67 in D 3.94 in
Antique Petite Secrétaire
Located in Malibu, CA
, brushes, and calligraphy tools. The round cutout was made for holding an ink pot. The fruitwood on this
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Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Fruitwood

Antique Petite Secrétaire
Antique Petite Secrétaire
H 34 in W 20.5 in D 12 in
Antique 19th Century Large Chinese Soap Stone Brush Pot, circa 1890
Located in GB
calligraphy. The brushes would be rinsed and stored in the pot with their handle down so that the bundles of
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1890s Chinese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Stone

A four-panel Japanese screen (byobu)
Located in Winter Park, FL
, holding a brush and writing calligraphy on a scroll; a man and his attendant walking on a path looking
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19th Century Japanese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Brocade, Ink

Chinese Calligraphy Brushes
Located in Stamford, CT
Group of four Chinese calligraphy brushes, two of polished bone and red coral, one of bone and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Chinese Calligraphy Brushes
Chinese Calligraphy Brushes
H 12 in W 1.5 in D 1.5 in
Chinese Calligraphy Brush, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
spirit. This early 20th century calligraphy brush would have once been used to write official documents
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Elm

Chinese Calligraphy Brush, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the early 20th century, this fine calligraphy brush would have been an essential tool for
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Hardwood

19th Century Chinese Calligraphy Brush Towel Bar
Located in Chicago, IL
spirit. This early 20th-century calligraphy brush would have once been used to write official documents
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Steel

Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Bone Calligraphy Brush
Located in Chicago, IL
A bone calligraphy brush from Northern China carved with Scholar's from c. 1900 on a custom mount
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Bone

Early 20th Century Japanese Calligraphy Brush, Ebony
Located in Malton, GB
I have been lucky enough to find a great collection of period Japanese Calligraphy brushes. They
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Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Ebony

2 Antique Chinese Carved Jade Calligraphy Brushes Horsehair Bristiles
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of antique Chinese calligraphy brushes with horsehair bristles and carved Jade handles
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Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Jade

Chinese Burl Wood Calligraphy Brush, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
opportunity to display one's refined aesthetic. This 19th century calligraphy brush is an exquisite burl wood
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Burl

Chinese Black Lacquer Calligraphy Brush Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
scholar’s collection of prized calligraphy brushes. One of the four treasures to be found in the studio of a
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Brass

Japanese Fine Antique Ladies' "Calligraphy Brush" Shop Sign, Carved
Located in South Burlington, VT
ladies calligraphy brush shop, measures: 36 inches high and 5 inches wide, Meiji period (1868-1912
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Calligraphy Brushes

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Wood

Chinese Calligraphy Brush, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Along with paper, ink, and inkstone, the brush was among the four treasures found in a traditional
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Elm

Chinese Cypress Brush Pot, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Cypress

Collection of Calligrapher's Brushes
Located in Chicago, IL
Collection of 19th century Chinese Scholars' calligraphy brushes with carved and naturally
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19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Chinese Blue Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

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Ceramic

Early 20th Century Chinese Tapered Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study, the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and ink stone a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Elm

Collection of Five 19th Century Chinese Root Wood Brush Washers
Located in Chicago, IL
scholars to clean their calligraphy brushes.
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19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Chinese Agate Brush Washer Carved in the Form of a Lotus Leaf
Located in Chicago, IL
calligraphy brush. It is carved in the shape of a lotus blossom; the flower is a symbol of purity because the
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

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Agate

Chinese Tree Trunk Brush Pot, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Elm

Petite Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Earthenware

Petite Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Earthenware

Petite Lime Green Chinese Brush Washer, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
scholars to rinse ink from their calligraphy brushes. This shallow brush washer has a compressed globular
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1920s Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

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Antique Calligraphy Brushes For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique calligraphy brushes available for sale. Each of these unique antique calligraphy brushes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and elm. Antique calligraphy brushes have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century.

How Much are Antique Calligraphy Brushes?

Prices for antique calligraphy brushes start at $118 and top out at $2,900 with the average selling for $650.