Artisans and Scholars in Early Qing China
by
Dorothy Ko
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
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, the inkstone has been entangled with elite masculinity...