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Blue and White Porcelain Ink Writing Jewerly Box - China 1900 Asian art XXth
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
plant racemes. Blue and white. This pretty box is a very beautiful decorative object of Asian art
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain, Ceramic

Regency Pen and Ink Stand
Located in Perth, GB
of brass design into wood. This pen and ink stand is intircately inlaid with delicately displayed
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Antique 1810s Furniture

Materials

Ebony

Regency Pen and Ink Stand
Regency Pen and Ink Stand
H 2.5 in W 10 in D 13 in
19th Century Pair Early Biedermeier Chairs Vienna Finest Ink Painting
Located in Epfach, DE
goddess Demeter with the finest ink painting. The chairs are in their original condition, the upholstery
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Antique 1810s Austrian Biedermeier Furniture

Materials

Wood

Asian Schalor's Miniature Cabinet
Located in Greenwich, CT
Asian elmwood small desk top cabinet for storage scholar's objects, ink stone, brushes etc
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Wood

Asian Schalor's Miniature Cabinet
Asian Schalor's Miniature Cabinet
H 9.5 in W 24 in D 9.8 in
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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

Leonard Barton "Bird of Prey" Ink on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Leonard Barton (American, 1939-2015), "Bird of Prey", Ink on Paper, signed lower right, label to
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20th Century American Other Prints

Materials

Paper

Leonard Barton "Bird of Prey" Ink on Paper
Leonard Barton "Bird of Prey" Ink on Paper
H 27.75 in W 272.75 in D 0.25 in
Japanese Rinpa Style Lacquer Ink Stone Box Suzuribako
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese writing box with ink stone (known as Suzuribako) with exquisite maki-e decoration circa
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Guangxu Coral Glazed Porcelain Brush Washer/Ink Well
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
to believe that it may have been used for ink. The piece is not marked. Provenance: acquired from
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Antique 1870s Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Modern Abstract Ink Painting
Located in Hudson, NY
On mulberry paper with silk brocade. From the estate of Andrea Bollt. Artist's seal reads: Mitsushito (died 1922).
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Paper

Japanese Modern Abstract Ink Painting
Japanese Modern Abstract Ink Painting
H 45.5 in W 48 in D 0.75 in
Period Japanese Ink Drawing Gheisha
Located in Roma, IT
Fascinating and important oriental coloured drawing Japanese Gheisha. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Period Japanese Ink Drawing Gheisha
Period Japanese Ink Drawing Gheisha
H 9.06 in W 5.91 in D 0.2 in
Framed Japanese Ink Painting Hidaka Tetsuo
By Hidaka Tetsuo
Located in Atlanta, GA
An ink painting on the fan surface by Japanese Zen artist Hidaka Tetsuo (1791-1871), now framed in
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Antique 1850s Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

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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Antique 19th Century Antiquities

Materials

Porcelain

T. Mellara Abstract Expressionism Ink on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern abstract expressionism ink on paper, signed in pencil "T.MELLARA" to lower right
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

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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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Lacquer

Materials

Coral

Gotham, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
By Asia Popinska
Located in Yardley, PA
The latticework of the bridge branches like a ominous web -- wires cross and intertwine, reflecting the sophisticated design of the people. Even from head-on, the countless angles pa...
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2010s Other Art Style Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink

Training, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
By Asia Popinska
Located in Yardley, PA
This photo is of my friend who is turning 60 this year, on the morning of a training session for the Iron Man competition. A lifelong athlete, his ability, as all of ours, is mired b...
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2010s Other Art Style Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink

15th Century, Hoi an, Vietnamese Blue and White Ceramic Fish Ink Holder
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Hoi An Vietnamese blue and white ink holder in the form of fish. Hoi An Vietnamese ceramic wares
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Chinese Ink Wash Painting by Li Jin
Located in Atlanta, GA
West Bund Art and Design Fair, Shanghai, China. Li Jin (1958-, Tianjin, China) is an ink master who
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2010s Chinese Modern Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Zhao Chengxiang Floral Still Life Ink on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Zhao Chengxiang (Chinese, b. 1953) ink painting on paper scroll depicting a flower still life scene
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Late 20th Century Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paint, Paper

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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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Limestone

Fine Asian Brush Painting of Pheasant and Quail
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fined Chinese brush painting of a pheasant and a quail under a plum tree, ink and color on silk
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Chinese Ink and Colour on Fabric Painting, "Emperor"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese ink and colour on fabric Painting, "Emperor" Qing Dynasty, set within two lucite
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20th Century Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Ink Landscape on Silk
By Shunyu
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ink Landscape on Silk, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) painting of a man
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood

European Gouache, Pen and Ink Lanscape, ca. 1821
Located in New York, NY
Charles Levier (French, 1920-2003), post-impressionist watercolor on paper depicting three ladies and a man signed to lower left on one side, and a lady wearing a red dress with sea ...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Other Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Merrily Merrily, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
By Asia Popinska
Located in Yardley, PA
This was taken on a summer morning in Philadelphia’s Penn’s Landing. Inexplicably, I arrived to a boisterous scene of tourism, local events, and very loud ships that moved throug...
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2010s Other Art Style Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink

Sleepy Hollow, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
By Asia Popinska
Located in Yardley, PA
This one was, surprisingly, taken in a park a short drive from my house. I come to this cute spot often to look for promising shots of trees, and this strange-looking figure remains ...
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2010s Other Art Style Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink

Korean Painting, Wall Panel, 17th Century Ink Grapevine
Located in Kyoto, JP
Grapevine Anonymous. Korean, 17th century. Wall panel, ink on paper. Upper seal: Kou
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Antique 17th Century Korean Other Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Maqbool Fida Husain Pen & Ink on Paper Untitled, 1950
By Maqbool Fida Husain
Located in Dallas, TX
2005. Sale No: 8111 Lot No. 246. Sotheby’s operate a twice yearly auction of Southeast Asian Art
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Mid-20th Century Indian Post-Modern Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Asian Two Panel Table Screen Flowering Prunus with Songbird
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Asian two panel byobu screen featuring a blossoming prunus tree with a songbird perched on
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Antique Japanese Ink Hanging Scroll Nakabayashi Chikuto Edo Period
By Hidaka Tetsuo
Located in Atlanta, GA
An ink painting on paper (Sumi-e) mounted with brocade borders as a hanging scroll. Entitled "Plum
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Wood, Paper

Pair of Japanese Ink Hanging Scrolls Kano Tanyu
By Kano Tan'yu 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine matching pair of hanging scrolls ink on paper mounted in green brocade borders circa Edo
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Chinese ink brush painting (contemporary asian art) - Hua Dan - Front
By Jiu Chen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Chinese opera is a quintessentially Chinese cultural performance art, and began around 1790
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink

Framed Chinese Paintings of Northern Asian Nomadic Ethnic Group Livings
Located in Greenwich, CT
Asian nomadic people daily life and living in the tents of the great plain in northern Asia. ink and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Japanese Ink and Wash Scroll Painting by Watanabe Seitei
Located in Atlanta, GA
exposure to the art in the west, his work, known as Nihonga (Japanese-style), blended a sense of Western
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Paper

Japanese Chinese Korean Asian Signed Framed Hand Painted Tiger Scroll Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
detailed, and engaging work of art. This work is signed in ink and stamped/sealed in red by the artist
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paint

Large Antique Zen Japanese Ink Scroll After Sesson Shukei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese Sumi ink painting with light color wash mounted with brocade borders as a hanging scroll
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paper

The Sea Yawned, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
By Asia Popinska
Located in Yardley, PA
This photo is of my friend who is turning 60 this year, on the morning of a training session for the Iron Man competition. A lifelong athlete, his ability, as all of ours, is mired b...
Category

2010s Other Art Style Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink

Chinese ink and watercolors on paper, Luis Chan (Chen Fushan)
By Luis Chan (Chen Fushan)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
, Modern Asian Art, 03 October 2016, lot 5051. Bio: Luis Chan was born in Panama and moved to Hong Kong in
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Vintage 1970s Hong Kong Post-Modern Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms, Tani Buncho
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms and Poem, scroll mounting, signature & single seal
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ink Calligraphy Poem of the Moon
Located in Hudson, NY
Poems refer to moon gazers. Ink on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border. Seals read: Roku-roku
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Paper

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Winter Nature Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted four-panel Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a stark winter
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paint

Vintage Chinese Watercolor & Ink Landscape Painting, Signed, Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage traditional style watercolor and ink landscape painting on silk (applied to paper backing
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paint, Paper

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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Scholar's Objects

Materials

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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Scholar's Objects

Materials

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 Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Japanese Large Koi Fish Scroll Hand Painting in black Sumi Ink
Located in South Burlington, VT
sumi ink- an auspicious art composition rendered on paper and silk backing and dating to the Taisho
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

A Fine White Jade Ink Cake Stand. Qing Dynasty, 19TH C
Located in London, GB
A WHITE JADE INK CAKE STAND ,QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Carved in the shape of a wood stand with
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Jade

Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Androgynous Court Scene
Located in Studio City, CA
work. Signed in ink and sealed in red by the artist. Original decorative period brass hardware
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Ink Painting of a Weathered Pine Tree
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period (1868 - 1912) sumi-e (or ink painting) on paper of a venerable pine tree with limbs
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Paper

17th Century Japanese Screen. Ink Plum Tree & Birds by Kano Naonobu.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kano Naonobu (1607-1650) Plum Tree and Birds Six-fold Japanese Screen. Ink and slight color on
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Ink Landscape on Paper with Gold Dust
Located in Hudson, NY
Sesshu-style painting in ink on mulberry paper with gold dust accents and a silk brocade border.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold

Vintage Gilt Decorated Ink Sticks - Original Box - China - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage gilt decorated ink sticks for calligraphy - inscriptions to the back of each stick - China
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

Materials

Crayon

Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold
Located in Kyoto, JP
screens. Ink on silk and gold leaf. Dimensions: Each screen H. 67.5” x 148” (172 cm x 376 cm) A pair of
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Ink Painting of Palm Trees on Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: ink painting of Palm Trees on paper, Edo period (1787) beautiful
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper, Silk, Wood

Antique Japanese Ink Hanging Scroll Hidaka Tetsuo with Wood Storage Box
By Hidaka Tetsuo
Located in Atlanta, GA
A hanging ink (Sumi-e) silk scroll by Japanese Zen artist Hidaka Tetsuo (1791-1871). Well presented
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Wood, Paper

Carved Tattoo Ink Pot from Timor Island, Indonesia 'circa 1940s-1950s'
Located in London, GB
Carved buffalo horn tattoo ink pot from Timor Island, Indonesia (circa 1940s-1950s) on a modern
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Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Horn

Japanese Asian Large Edo Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landscape Monkeys Trees
Located in Studio City, CA
dust throughout. Truly a very special work. Signed and sealed in red ink by the artist. Provenance
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Large Four-Panel Byobu Screen Bamboo Cherry Blossoms Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
and special work. Signed in ink and sealed in red by the artist. Original decorative period
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Japanese Asian Signed Two-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
wonderful touch. Signed in black ink and sealed in red by the artist. An attractive and engaging work
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen Ink Painting of Banana Leaves on Mulberry Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
background. Ink painting (sumi-e) on mulberry paper. Signature reads: Okyo. Calligraphy reads: 1787 middle of
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

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Asian Ink Art For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of Asian ink art for your home. Frequently made of paper, wood and metal, every item from our selection of Asian ink art was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the choice in our collection of Asian ink art you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right object in our assortment of Asian ink art, those designed in Folk Art and Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made option in this array of Asian ink art over the years, but those crafted by Cho Tosai, Hidaka Tetsuo and Kuniyoshi are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is an Asian Ink Art?

Prices for a piece of Asian ink art start at $129 and top out at $79,000 with the average selling for $2,500.