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Ink stick in shape of carp
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Ink stick in shape of carp

Maker Chinese
Object number39.214
ProvenancePurchased Yamanaka, New York, for Seattle Art Museum, Fuller Collection, January 1939 One of 21 ink sticks (original accession numbers 4-977 to 4-986)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions10 3/4in. (27.3cm)
MediumInk
Ink stick
Ink stick
Chinese
late 14th-mid 17th century
Object number: 39.235
Image Not Available for Ink stick
Ink stick
Chinese
Object number: 39.238
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ink stick
Chinese
Object number: 39.239
Image Not Available for ink stick
ink stick
Chinese
Object number: 39.240
Image Not Available for Set of 5 Ink Sticks
Set of 5 Ink Sticks
Chinese
19th century
Object number: 39.266
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Pair of Ink Sticks
Chinese
18th century
Object number: 39.267.1
Image Not Available for Pair of Ink Sticks
Pair of Ink Sticks
Chinese
18th century
Object number: 39.267.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Set of ink sticks in lacquer box
Chinese
late 17th to early 18th century
Object number: 41.54
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Longde (“Virtuous Power of Dragons”) ink-cake
Chinese
18th century or later
Object number: 38.15
Ink stone and cover
Ink stone and cover
Chinese
18th century
Object number: 53.32.2
Image Not Available for Carp, woo hearth anger balance
Carp, woo hearth anger balance
Japanese
19th -20th century
Object number: 98.47.46
Carp, wood hearth hanger balance
Carp, wood hearth hanger balance
Japanese
19th -20th century
Object number: 98.47.47