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Duan Stone

19th Century Chinese Spirit Screen with Duan Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century spirit screen from northern China is inset with a duan stone, similar to stones
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

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Stone

Vintage Chinese Calligraphy Set 7 Piece Set
Located in North Hollywood, CA
stamp, pen, ink box. The hand carved Chinese Duan ink stone for use with the solid pigment calligraphy
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Desk Sets

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Marble

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Large Carved and Richly Textured Chinese Ink-Stone
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
a beautiful and richly textured Duan stone. It is exquisitely carved and features a traditional
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Inkstone with Landscape Motif
Located in Chicago, IL
, Guangdong in China. Duan stone is a volcanic tuff, commonly ranging from purple to shades of green and tan
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20th Century Chinese Folk Art Sculptures

Inkstone with Landscape Motif
Inkstone with Landscape Motif
H 10.5 in W 13.5 in D 4 in
Chinese Botanical Duan Inkstone, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
dense volcanic rock known as duan stone (duānxī 端溪), inkstones provided a surface for grinding dry ink
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Stone

Qilin under a Full Moon Inkstone
Located in Chicago, IL
considered an omen of prosperity. It was carved of a select duan stone, a stone native to China, whose
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

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Stone

Qilin under a Full Moon Inkstone
Qilin under a Full Moon Inkstone
H 1.25 in W 3.75 in D 5.25 in
19th Century Chinese Dragon Carved Inkstone
Located in Chicago, IL
inkstone is hand carved of duan stone with a whimsical motif of a serpentine dragon emerging from the sea
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Stone

Chinese Inkstone with Bamboo and Birds in Flight
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century footed ink stone was finely carved by hand from a solid block of Duan stone. The
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

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Stone

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Chinese Table Screen with Soapstone Panel, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prevalent in fine Chinese interiors as early as the Tang dynasty (618-906), standing screens with decorative stone panels served numerous functions as portable architecture. Used to ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Soapstone

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