The Social Life of Inkstones – Artisans and Scholars in Early Qing China Ko
The Social Life of Inkstones\nby Dorothy Ko\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Dorothy Ko\nTitle: The Social Life of Inkstones\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of art\nPublisher: MV - University of Washington Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9780295749174\nISBN-10: 0295749172\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nFollows the path of an everyday object, from quarry to deskAn 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, .
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