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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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
Stone
H 26.78 in W 37.41 in D 1.38 in
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
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Materials
Stone
H 1.38 in W 7.68 in D 13.98 in
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
Materials
Porcelain
H 2.17 in W 4.34 in D 4.34 in
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
Materials
Porcelain
H 0.04 in W 10.08 in D 6.38 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Stone
H 0.79 in W 7.49 in D 9.85 in
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
Materials
Stone
H 0.79 in W 8.47 in D 11.23 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
Stone
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
Category
1920s Chinese Art Deco Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
Stone, Marble
H 74 in W 41 in D 22 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
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
Category
19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
Silk, Bamboo, Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
H 60 in W 33.25 in D 1.5 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
Silk
H 82.29 in W 17.72 in D 0.04 in
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
Materials
Paper
H 66.93 in W 64.97 in D 0.4 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Jade
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
Materials
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
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
Materials
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
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Materials
Sumi Ink, Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
H 10.28 in W 15.08 in D 0.04 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Gold, Silver
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
Materials
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
Category
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
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 Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
Stone
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
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
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
Materials
Stone
H 1.5 in W 9 in D 6.75 in
"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
Materials
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
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
Stone, Brass
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
Stone
A Chinese Zitan Scholar's Tray
Located in Austin, TX
and ink stone.
Zitan, (lit. purple sandalwood) is an extremely dense and finely
Category
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Ink Stone
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
Materials
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
Materials
Bamboo
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
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Ink Stone
Materials
Elm
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