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Paperback The Social Life of Inkstones: Artisans and Scholars in Early Qing China Book

ISBN: 0295749172

ISBN13: 9780295749174

The Social Life of Inkstones: Artisans and Scholars in Early Qing China

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Follows the path of an everyday object, from quarry to desk

An inkstone, a piece of polished stone no bigger than an outstretched hand, is an instrument for grinding ink, an object of art, a token of exchange between friends or sovereign states, and a surface on which texts and images are carved. As such, the inkstone has been entangled with elite masculinity and the values of wen (culture, literature, civility) in China,...

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