Inkstick
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Inksticks or ink cakes are a type of solid Chinese ink used traditionally in several Chinese, Japanese, and East Asian art forms such as calligraphy and brush painting. Inksticks are made mainly of so
An old Chinese inkstick made in the form of lotus leaves and flowers
Commemorative Chinese inksticks for collectors
Colored inksticks, usually used as accents in Chinese painting
Image from the 17th-century technical document Tiangong Kaiwu (天工開物) detailing how pine is burned in a furnace at one end and its soot collected at the other
Four Treasures of the Study
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Four Treasures of the Study is an expression used to denote the brush, ink, paper and ink stone used in Chinese calligraphy and spread into other East Asian calligraphic traditions. The name appears t
Inkstick
…adjust the concentration of the produced ink to suit their tastes. Along with the inkstone, ink brush, and paper, the inkstick is considered one of the Four Treasures of the Study of classical Chinese literary culture. The earliest artifacts of Chinese inks can be dated back to 12th century BC, with charred materials, plant dyes…
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A highly decorative badger hair brush dating to the Ming Dynasty
A detail from The Treatise on Calligraphy by Sun Guoting (646–691). Ink on Paper.