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Ink stick
Ink stick

Ink stick

Datelate 14th-mid 17th century
Maker Chinese
Object number39.235
ProvenancePurchased Yamanaka, New York, Seattle Art Museum, Fuller Collection, Seattle, Washington, January 1939 One of 21 ink sticks (original accession numbers 4-977 to 4-986)
Exhibition HistoryPrinceton, New Jersey, Princeton University Art Museum, "The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection", February 8, 2001 - June 15, 2001, Venue: Seattle Art Museum
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
MediumInk
Image Not Available for Ink stick in shape of carp
Ink stick in shape of carp
Chinese
Object number: 39.214
Image Not Available for Ink stick
Ink stick
Chinese
Object number: 39.238
Image Not Available for ink stick
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
Image Not Available for Pair of Ink Sticks
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 Stirring stick
Stirring stick
Object number: 81.17.1018
Image Not Available for Stirring Stick
Stirring Stick
Object number: 81.17.1052