Ink Stone - Qing Dynasty
Description
Because painting and calligraphy were so central to a scholar's artistic life, the tools associated with these arts (brush, paper, ink, and inkstone) were known as the Four Treasures of the Study. A scholar selected these tools with great care, choosing the best materials available and motifs and imagery with personal significance. These objects had special meaning to the scholar who owned them and would have expressed his outlook and philosophies to friends and colleagues who visited his studio
Object Information
Date Created:
AD 1644-1911
Local ID:
126653, 278469, uncatalogued
Collection:
Anthropology
Rights:
©Field Museum
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