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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1481941

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Rare early “si zhi” (four straight lines) style inkstone carved from an old fired brick. The characters on the brick are in an archaic style, no longer in use today. The square shaped flat bottomed inkstone with sloping grinding surface did not become popular until the Song Dynasty, so it is possible this was made into a inkstone long after it was a brick. Chinese are very fond of creating ink stones out of “found objects” such as roof tiles etc. Please examine enlargement for condition. L; 17cm/6.8in x W: 12.8cm/5in and H:6cm/2.6in. This still has a usable surface and note last enlargement for traces of dried ink.