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The Social Life of Inkstones: Craftsmen and Scholars in Early Qing China – Like Dorothy – BiblioRossica – 2025 – ISBN 978-5-907918-65-8

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An inkstone is more than just a tool for grinding ink; it is also an art object, a treasure, and an object of exchange between friends and even sovereign states. For over a millennium, inkstones have been associated with the wen culture (writing, literature, and scholarship) in China, Korea, and Japan, yet remain virtually unknown in the West.

By exploring imperial workshops in the Forbidden City, the Duan quarries in Guangdong Province, commercial workshops in Suzhou, and collectors' homes in Fujian Province, Dorothy Ko traces the connection of inkstones to court life and society, demonstrating how collaboration between artisans and scholars created a new social order.
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