Antique Calligraphy Brushes

Used by scholars to hold their paint and calligraphy brushes.

Placed beside his inkpot and insktone, this 19th century brush pot once held select calligraphy brushes in a scholar’s studio.

This hand-carved brush pot, bitong in Chinese, likely contained calligraphy brushes on a desk in a scholar’s studio.

This red and black lacquered brush pot, imbued with the texture of time from its many years of use, once held a scholar’s selected calligraphy brushes.

Placed beside his inkpot and insktone, this 19th century brush pot once held select calligraphy brushes in a scholar’s studio.

Hand carved from a pine tree burl, this late 19th century burl wood brush pot once held select calligraphy brushes in a scholars' studio.

Hand carved from a cypress tree burl, this late 19th century burlwood brush pot once held select calligraphy brushes in a scholars' studio.

Set beside the four treasures of the scholars' desk, this naturally-formed stone brush washer would have been used by a Qing-dynasty scholar to rinse the ink from his calligraphy bru...

A Qing-dynasty scholar once rested his calligraphy brushes in this exceptional brush pot. Appealing to the scholar’s appreciation for natural forms, the pot takes its form directly f...

Invoking the romance of the scholar's studio, this ceramic piece was sculpted to resemble a brush pot, traditionally used to hold a scholar's collection of fine calligraphy brushes.

Hand carved from a cypress tree burl, this late 19th century burl wood bowl was once used by a Qing-dynasty scholar to rinse the ink from his calligraphy brush. Placed alongside the ...

A well has been done into the bolder making it a brush holder for Chinese calligraphy brushes. The work from the 19th century is representing nature enhanced by man set up to contemp...

Such pipes were considered precious enough to earn a distinguished position beside the four treasures of the study: paper, ink, ink stones, and calligraphy brushes. This pipe is beau...

Yatate is an ink well for old Japanese sumi ink and a slot to place the calligraphy brush. They hung the Yatate from their waist sash "obi" by a cord with an ornamental button "netsu...

Beside the vase sits a small brush pot holding a calligraphy brush and a paper fan.

For function, it served to store business papers, documents, valuables, books, stationery and sometimes calligraphy brushes, inkstone and inksticks. For marketing, it was displayed ...

A bold, spectacular Japanese hand-brushed "Tea ceremony" calligraphy scroll worthy of your favourite room Hand painting calligraphy paper in simple soft pleasing color, signed.

No.3 seemed to be for storing Fude (calligraphy brush), and No.2 seemed to be for the inkstone.

Large Japanese late Meiji period six panel screen featuring six Chinese brush calligraphy poems in semi-cursive script. Ink on handcrafted paper mounted onto gold leaf squares and se...

The paper has been treated with Kakishibu (natural fermented persimmon juice), a traditional technique used to strengthen and waterproof paper, which has resulted in a rich, leathery...

Turn of the Century Elm Root Calligraphy Brush Holder ( 2 available, priced and sold separately, piece on right unavailable )

A lacquered bamboo wood calligraphy brush with horse hair.

Decorative chinese brushes with stones and horse hair.Ivory details.Price is for the set of 3. Can be sold separately please call for price.

Decorative chinese brushes with ivory and horse hair
Price is for the set,can be sold separately.

Turn of the Century Q'ing Dynasty Root Calligraphy Brush Pots ( 5 available, priced and sold separately )

A beautiful set of Chinese calligraphy brushes. Crafted from Stone, Wood and Bone.

This is a rare and wonderful Japanese calligraphy brush about 5 feet tall. Oversized items like these were used to identify what a shop sold.

A beautifully carved Chinese scholar's Bitong (calligraphy brush pot) from the very desirable and rare Huanghauli wood.

The Samurai Meeting Place sign is a meditation in calligraphic carving of a proverb, "Virtuous as a Dream" The sign is naturalistically carved to portray calligraphy brush str...

Upper and lower part of the vase decorated with an array of objects: Calligraphy brushes, scrolls, fans, pruning knife with leaf and blossom background.

Beautiful hetian jade brush washer on lovely carved scented wood stand. Poem with Jiaqing dynasty inscribed. Qing dynasty.

An unusually large and heavy antique Chinese ceramic brush washer with three lines of blue hand painted Chinese characters and a bold red stripe on the outside. A piece of history in...

Chinese animal horn scholar brushes used for calligraphy and other painting arts Well taken care of and in great condition

This blue and white porcelain brush pot was intended to hold brushes, pens, and other calligraphy tools.

A collection of five antique Chinese calligraphy brush holders with varying colors and finishes.

A collection of five antique Chinese calligraphy brush holders with varying colors and finishes.

Large-scale Chinese calligraphy brush with agate and bone handle.

Carved from a single piece of rosewood, this vessel was used to store calligraphy brushes.