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

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

Dorothy Ko

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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, ...

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