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Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug with Pictorial Design
Located in Dallas, TX
77557 antique Chinese Art Deco rug with Pictorial design. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Wool

Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Chinoiserie Style and Pagoda Design
Located in Dallas, TX
. Rendered in variegated shades of midnight blues, cinereous, gray, ink blue, oyster gray, stone gray, navy
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Wool

Large Antique Ink Stone Display Set, Chinese, Ornamental Stones, Qing, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique ink stone display set. A Chinese, ornamental set of calligraphic stones
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Late 19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese Guardian Fu Dog Ink Stone, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
prepared his ink. A symbol of protection, the lion-like beast bears the features of a shih-tzu, a dog
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Limestone

Large Antique Calligraphic Ink Block, Chinese, Soot Ink, Victorian, Circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique calligraphic ink block. A Chinese, boxed soot ink printing stone, dating to
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Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese Antique Ink-Stone Case with Chinese Children Design, Qing Period
Located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo
a container for incense or red ink at the time. It is decorated with a lovely design of playing
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19th Century Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Porcelain

Antique Chinese Calligraphy Ink Stones in Box Great Condition, ca 1900-1930
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Chinese Calligraphy Ink Stones in Box Great Condition, ca 1900-1930. Very interesting
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Porcelain

Chinese Scholar Stone Mountain Form with Display Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small desk top Chinese scholar stones (also known as Gong Shi, meditation stone and spirit rock
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Antique Chinese Pair of Hardstone Figural Foo Dog Ink Stamps C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Pair of Chinese Hardstone Figural Foo Dog Ink Stamps C1930 Measures - 7.5"H x 2.25"W x
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Set of 8 Antique Calligraphic Ink Blocks, Chinese, Boxed, Printing, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is set of 8 antique calligraphic ink blocks. A Chinese, boxed set of printing shapes, dating
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Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Set of 8 Antique Calligraphic Ink Blocks, Chinese, Cased, Printing, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique set of 8 calligraphic ink blocks. A Chinese, cased set of printing shapes
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Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese Lingbi Scholar Stone Arched Form on Display Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small desk top Chinese scholar stones (also known as Gong Shi, meditation stone and spirit rock
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese or Japanese Ink Stone for Calligraphy in Mother of Pearl box
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Dimension: Size Box 26 W x 20.5 D x5 H cm Size stone: 23.4 W x 18 D x2 cm
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Early 1900s Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Porcelain

Rare Antique Chinese Qing Guangxu Imperial Style Red Ink Stick With Box 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
A rare antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Guangxu period Imperial style marked red ink stick, in the form
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Antique Chinese Shoushan Stone Tianhuang Carving Sage Immortal Pixiu Qing 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
This exceptional Chinese Shoushan stone carving is a fine example of Qing artistry and
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

19th Century Chinese Inkstone
Located in Vosselaar, BE
water basin. The Inkstone was one of the four principal elements in the Chinese scholar's study (ink
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

19th Century Chinese Inkstone
19th Century Chinese Inkstone
H 10.63 in W 8.67 in D 3.94 in
Art Deco Gray Stone Chinese Stamp with Hand Carved Guardian Lion Motif
Located in New York, NY
incised on the bottom with a Chinese character, whose silhouette is surrounded by carnelian red ink (a
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1920s Chinese Art Deco Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Jade

Chinese Guardian's Tail Inkstone, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
subculture in ancient China, and demanded their own set of tools that were not only functional, but also
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese Flora and Fauna Inkstone, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
subculture in ancient China, and demanded their own set of tools that were not only functional, but also
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese Horse and Full Moon Inkstone, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
subculture in ancient China, and demanded their own set of tools that were not only functional, but also
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Antique Asian Red Coral and Purple Stone Calligraphy Brush Set with Stand
Located in Toronto, ON
made of antique pieces of bone, coral and purple semi-precious stone. Typically used with an open ink
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Coral

Chinese Lacquer and Painted Cabinet with Dreamstone Insets, Qing Dynasty, 19th c
Located in Austin, TX
A demure and elegant Chinese tall lacquer cabinet with painted flower panels and dream stone insets
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Early 1800s Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone, Marble

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
Antique Chinese Imperial Emperor Ancestral Painting on Silk
Located in Miami, FL
Antique 19th century painting on silk depicting a Ming Dynasty Chinese emperor. Beautifully
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19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Silk, Wood, Paint

Chinese Qing Dynasty Ancestor Portrait, Senior Official First Rank, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressively sized 19th century Chinese Qing dynasty ancestral portrait painting of a senior
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Silk, Bamboo, Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako
Located in Atlanta, GA
contains a suzuri (ink-stone) with fundame trim and a round cloisonne suiteki (water dropper) with wave
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1920s Japanese Meiji Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone, Metal

Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of a Tiroler Kaiserjäger, drawing
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Paris, FR
right Ink on paper 16.5 x 25.5 cm In a nice period frame : 33 x 42 cm Raffet had the occasion to draw
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1840s Romantic Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Ink

Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of characters, drawing and watercolor
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Paris, FR
skill to the decoration of china, and where he met Rudor, from whom he received instruction in
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1850s Romantic Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Ink, Watercolor

Fine Antique Korean Ceramic Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
the water onto the ink stone to grind the ink stick for writing. These miniature objects were made in
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Early 19th Century Korean Other Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Ceramic

Japanese Silk Scroll by Haruki Nanmei Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
flanked by two boy attendants holding an ink stone and an additional blank fan. In front of the group
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Silk, Paper

Japanese Painting Meiji / Taisho Period Scroll by Dokuzan Hashimoto Zen Buddhism
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. The present worked shows a lone Chinese man in a deep woods, leaning over the railing of a stone
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Early 1900s Taisho Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Silk

Pair of Japanese Two-Fold Screens with Flower Arrangements and Rare Birds
Located in Milano, IT
folding screens Ink, colors, gofun and gold leaf on paper Each 170 by 165 cm The term karamono
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18th Century Japanese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Paper

The Shoemaker
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in black ink on China paper. Signed on the stone with the artist’s
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19th Century American Impressionist Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Lithograph

Ink-stone, Chinese Green Jadeite
Located in Summerland, CA
Very large Jadeite carved for Inkstone. Beautiful green stone with white mottling, carvings of Fish
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1850s Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Jade

Ink-stone, Chinese Green Jadeite
Ink-stone, Chinese Green Jadeite
H 0.438 in W 6.125 in D 3.875 in
Chinese ink rubbing of cranes, mounted as a scroll.
Located in New York, NY
Chinese ink rubbing of a stone stele engraving, dating to 1680, mounted as a hanging scroll, a
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Paper

Green Jade ink box
Located in Toronto, ON
five sides of the box. It was used for holding ink during the Ming Dynasty in ancient China.
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

Green Jade ink box
Green Jade ink box
H 1 in W 5 in D 3 in
Chinese Antique Scholar's Chest, Bookcase
Located in SOMIS, CA
piece. Elegant ink watercolor paintings of bamboo and stone hills can also be observed. Poles with
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Wood

Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Tea Bowl and Saucer, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
amongst rockwork, one blowing bubbles, the others embracing, beside a stone pyramid and discarded objects
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Porcelain

Elizabeth Keith, Lama Temple, Peking, Japanese Woodblock Print, Modern Art
By Elizabeth Keith
Located in London, GB
also in London and New York. A stone shishi lion guards the entrance of Lama Temple against harmful
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Sumi Ink, Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Writing Box with Fans and Flowering Plants
Located in New York, NY
removable suzuri (ink stone) and suiteki (water-dropper), and hikidashi (drawer); the exterior finished in
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Lacquer

Mt. Fuji Writing Box
Located in New York, NY
original suzuri ink stone and a the original pens and paper cutter. Also comes with the original lacquered
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Gold, Silver

Mt. Fuji Writing Box
Mt. Fuji Writing Box
H 1.66 in W 8.39 in D 9.65 in
Late 18th Century Chinese Ink Stone
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinarily beautiful Chinese ink stone from the late 18th Century. Beautifully carved and
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

18th Century Chinese Ink Stone with Peach Shaped Water Well
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful dark green agate ink stone from China. The water well is in the shape of a peach, which
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Agate

Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Landscape Scenes and Chinoiserie Style
Located in Dallas, TX
wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a variety of pictorial motifs floating on an abrashed ink blue
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Wool

Very Large Ink Stone, China, Early 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Very large ink stone used to prepare ink, probably for very large brushes for calligraphy
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese Painting Stone in Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
As if brushed with ink and inscribed with intricate calligraphy, this polished jasper stone is
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese Painting Stone in Stand
Chinese Painting Stone in Stand
H 14.25 in W 19.5 in D 8 in
19th Century Chinese Blue and White Ink Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite blue and white porcelain box once contained the ink used by a Qing-dynasty scholar or
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Porcelain

Antique Asian Lacquer Calligraphy Writing Box Signed with Carved Ink Stones
Located in Atlanta, GA
carved stone slab with a reservoir for grinding ink and mixing it with water—brush, ink, and paper are
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Early 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

"Yue Fei", Chinese Historical Folk Hero, Late Qing Dynasty Stele Rubbing, Ink
Located in Detroit, MI
This exquisite work is a late Qing Dynasty stone rubbing of historical Chinese folk hero Yue Fei
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Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Ink, Rice Paper

Chinese Shizi Inkstone Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Scholars relied on inkstones such as this one to mix their dry ink and water for calligraphy or
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone, Brass

Chinese Shizi Inkstone Table
Chinese Shizi Inkstone Table
H 22.75 in W 7.75 in D 6 in
19th Century Chinese Dragon Carved Inkstone
Located in Chicago, IL
subculture in ancient China, and demanded their own set of not exquisite tools. Scholars relied on inkstones
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese Inkstone with Carved Dragon and Carp
Located in Chicago, IL
Ink stones were used in China for hundreds of years in artists' studios for grinding ink and mixing
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese Peach Form Inkstone, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A Qing-dynasty scholar once chose this peach-shaped inkstone to mix dry ink with water for use in
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

Chinese Scholars' Poetry Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
when ink was spilled. Showcasing the rich textures of its materials, this gorgeous stone top table is
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

19th Century Chinese Inkstone with Bat and Double Gourds
Located in Chicago, IL
. This stone is finely carved with two decorated double gourds, symbols of perpetuity and a bat in flight
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Stone

A Chinese Zitan Scholar's Tray
Located in Austin, TX
and ink stone. Zitan, (lit. purple sandalwood) is an extremely dense and finely
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

A Chinese Zitan Scholar's Tray
A Chinese Zitan Scholar's Tray
H 3 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in
Chinese Gnarled Brush Pot, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
scholar next to his brushes, inkpot, and ink stone. Made of rustic, gnarled wood, the brush pot would have
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Elm

Chinese Brush Pot of Carved Bamboo
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Chinese brush pot, featuring a cylindrical body of patinated bamboo with a detailed relief
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Bamboo

Chinese Brush Pot of Carved Bamboo
Chinese Brush Pot of Carved Bamboo
H 6 in W 4.75 in D 4.25 in
Chinese Yumu Scroll Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and ink stone
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone

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Elm

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Antique Chinese Ink Stone For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique Chinese ink stone you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of stone, wood and fabric, every antique Chinese ink stone was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the antique Chinese ink stone you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique Chinese ink stone, designed in the Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique Chinese ink stone over the years, but those crafted by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet and James Abbott McNeill Whistler are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Chinese Ink Stone?

An antique Chinese ink stone can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,552, while the lowest priced sells for $328 and the highest can go for as much as $54,725.