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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 Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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 Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Victorian Decorative Art

Materials

Stone

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
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

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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Antique 19th Century Antiquities

Materials

Porcelain

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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Antique 19th Century Chinese Nautical Objects

Materials

Porcelain

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 Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

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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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

Hand-Carved Chinese Footed Stone Basin
Located in Chicago, IL
by artisans in China's Shandong province. The mesmerizing pattern of zhenzhu is inherent to the stone
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Decorative Bowls

Materials

Stone

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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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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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Antique Early 1900s Decorative Boxes

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
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Lucio Fontana "Concepto Spaziale", 1965, China Ink on Paper
By Lucio Fontana
Located in Madrid, ES
Lucio Fontana. "Concepto spaziale", 1965. China ink on paper. Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm. With
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Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Drawings

Materials

Paper

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
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

19th Century Chinese Inkstone
19th Century Chinese Inkstone
H 10.63 in W 8.67 in D 3.94 in
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
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Paperweights

Materials

Jade

Hand Carved Footed Zhenzhu Stone Basin
Located in Chicago, IL
China's Shandong province. The mesmerizing pattern of zhenzhu is inherent to the stone, a conglomerate
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Stone

Hand Carved Footed Zhenzhu Stone Basin
Located in Chicago, IL
China's Shandong province. The mesmerizing pattern of zhenzhu is inherent to the stone, a conglomerate
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Planters and Jardin...

Materials

Stone

Hand-Carved Tigerman Zhenzhu Stone Planter
Located in Chicago, IL
China's Shandong province. The mesmerizing pattern of zhenzhu is inherent to the stone, a conglomerate
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Planters, Cachepots and...

Materials

Stone

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
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Lacquer

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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Antique Early 1800s Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Stone, Marble

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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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
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
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Paintings

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paint

Chinese Carved Jade Box and Cover
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
four balls, the cover with a small tortoise and opening to reveal an ink-stone, the softly polished
Category

20th Century Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

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
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Bamboo, Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Large Calligraphy Brush Butterscotch Marble Archer's Rings 20.5"
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful hand made extra large Chinese calligraphy brush with stunning butterscotch colored marble
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20th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

Asian Schalor's Miniature Cabinet
Located in Greenwich, CT
Asian elmwood small desk top cabinet for storage scholar's objects, ink stone, brushes etc
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Wood

Asian Schalor's Miniature Cabinet
Asian Schalor's Miniature Cabinet
H 9.5 in W 24 in D 9.8 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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Vintage 1920s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Stone, Metal

Bolete Side Table by Henry D'ath
Located in Geneve, CH
45 cm Materials: Wood, granite. Available in natural or black ink finishes. The Bolete side table. A
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2010s Chinese Post-Modern Side Tables

Materials

Granite

Bolete Side Table by Henry D'ath
Bolete Side Table by Henry D'ath
H 17.72 in W 17.72 in D 15.75 in
Ebony Imperial Tutor Chair with Crystal Armrest by Gordon Gu
Located in hong kong, HK
transparent material, which contributes to "water halo and ink seal". When a stone is thrown into the middle
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21st Century and Contemporary Armchairs

Materials

Crystal

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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Antique Early 19th Century Korean Other Scholar's Objects

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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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paper

Korean Folding Chaekgeori Painted Scholar Floor Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
flowers, potted orchids, pen holders with brush pens and scroll paintings, incense burner, ink stone
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20th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Wood, 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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Antique Early 1900s Taisho Paintings

Materials

Silk

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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Antique 18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Functional Art Chair / Throne "Left at the End of the Corridor" by Lionel Jadot
By Lionel Jadot
Located in Antwerp, BE
from a drawing table, the wooden foot drenched in blue Chinese ink. Stories assembled at goodwill
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2010s Belgian Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Steel

Functional art Throne / Chair "Black Caterpillar" by Lionel Jadot, 2020
By Lionel Jadot
Located in Antwerp, BE
wooden foot drenched in blue Chinese ink. Stories assembled at goodwill, Lionel Jadot finds solutions
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2010s European Chairs

Materials

Brass, Steel

Functional Art Chair / Throne "'Spring Swab" by Lionel Jadot
By Lionel Jadot
Located in Antwerp, BE
blue Chinese ink. Stories assembled at goodwill, Lionel Jadot finds solutions while playfully paving
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2010s Belgian International Style Armchairs

Materials

Metal

Functional Art Chair / Stool "Plaster Whip" by Lionel Jadot
By Lionel Jadot
Located in Antwerp, BE
from a drawing table, the wooden foot drenched in blue Chinese ink. Stories assembled at goodwill
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2010s European Chairs

Materials

Leather, Plaster

Functional art Floor Lamp "Open Eyes" by Lionel Jadot
By Lionel Jadot
Located in Antwerp, BE
blue Chinese ink. Stories assembled at goodwill, Lionel Jadot finds solutions while playfully paving
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2010s Belgian Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Tables in Wood and Bronze Attributed to Meret Oppenheim, France, 1930
By Meret Oppenheim
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
, her left forearm and hand covered in black ink and held against her forehead. The image was published
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tables

Materials

Bronze

Unusual 2 Tables in wood and bronze Attributed to Meret Oppenheim, France, 1930
By Meret Oppenheim
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
black ink and held against her forehead. The image was published in the Surrealist movement’s journal
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tables

Materials

Bronze

Large Carved and Richly Textured Chinese Ink-Stone
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Offered is this wonderfully carved, detailed landscape featured Chinese Ink stone. A good ink
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Black Lacquered Chinese Ink Stone Cocktail Table (Ref# TC3)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Granite topped lacquered cocktail table. Elm wood lacquered black with stone inserts. Ming style
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20th Century Chinese Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Elm, Lacquer

Black Lacquered Chinese Ink Stone Cocktail Table (Ref# TC13a)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Cube cocktail table with granite inserts. Lacquered elmwood.
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20th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Granite

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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Antique 1850s Chinese Inkwells

Materials

Jade

Ink-stone, Chinese Green Jadeite
Ink-stone, Chinese Green Jadeite
H 0.438 in W 6.125 in D 3.875 in
Chinese Zi Sha Earthenware Calligraphy Ink Stone
Located in SOMIS, CA
This wonderful piece is a Chinese calligraphy ink stone/well where ink is made by grinding the ink
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20th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Earthenware

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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Sculptures

Green Jade ink box
Green Jade ink box
H 1 in W 5 in D 3 in
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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Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture

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
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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Six Calligraphy Brushes and Rosewood Stand
Located in SOMIS, CA
brushes make stunning displays, can be used to paint watercolor or write Chinese ink calligraphy. All
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2010s Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

Gongshi or Scholar's Rock, based
Located in Chicago, IL
be functional, serving as brush rests, ink stones, incense holders, or seals. However they were used
Materials

Stone

Inkstone with Landscape Motif
Located in Chicago, IL
containment of ink. Inkstones are made from many types of stone, including Duanshi stone, from Duanxi
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20th Century Chinese Folk Art Sculptures

Inkstone with Landscape Motif
Inkstone with Landscape Motif
H 10.5 in W 13.5 in D 4 in
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Chinese Ink Stone For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic Chinese ink stone available at 1stDibs. A Chinese ink stone — often made from stone, elm and hardwood — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a Chinese ink stone — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each Chinese ink stone bearing hallmarks is very popular.

How Much is a Chinese Ink Stone?

Prices for a Chinese ink stone can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $355 and can go as high as $5,796, while the average can fetch as much as $1,950.