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A Chinese Scholar's Tools
Use this image collection with the MIA's Chinese Scholar's Study Teaching the Arts feature.
Tools for painting and calligraphy, such as brushes, ink stones, water droppers, and brush pots, were collector's items among literati scholars. Use this image collection to choose your own favorites. What different types of tools do you see? What themes do you notice in the decoration?
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Brush Pot
<img src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/work.png" width="140" height="105" />
Brush Washer
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.0078125" id="zoomer_92123_55933iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/b3/29/b54aa9a000c17ac7be18eaa5a720/140/120/92123.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Brush Washer, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Brush Pot
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.0390625" id="zoomer_92034_48830iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/25/8a/44be5a1aec248903a58beba2d34a/140/120/92034.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Brush Pot, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Brush Pot
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.00390625" id="zoomer_104931_16420iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/57/b8/af3f4ac9748ba735e3429631f89d/140/120/104931.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Brush Pot, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Brush Pot
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.947916666667" id="zoomer_103290_22573iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/ad/8c/e647e29222a762054e76bba67333/140/120/103290.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Brush Pot, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Brush Handle and Cover
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:112px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.25" id="zoomer_92981_57615iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/2f/f1/4bb06b38f37d29c334793896896b/140/120/92981.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Brush Handle and Cover, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Brush
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:65.078125px;"><img class="inline_img fake_2.1512605042" id="zoomer_72097_62132iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/82/fb/e826c230c731479b793072a98881/140/120/72097.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Brush, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Brush Rest
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:82.8515625px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.6897689769" id="zoomer_74225_15667iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/e0/a2/326cce39fc5a08800d07dc583130/140/120/74225.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Brush Rest, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Lotus Bud Waterdropper
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.07421875" id="zoomer_112478_38049iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/19/55/e042c277efdc9f7f470bc8249031/140/120/112478.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Lotus Bud Waterdropper, Studio of Ch'en Ming-yuan" height_offset="0" /></div>
Water Dropper
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.06380208333" id="zoomer_73733_18048iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/2f/d6/a9469e4ed036e68e15cf55d25a3f/140/120/73733.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Water Dropper, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Ink Stone in the Form of a Shell
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:88.45703125px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.58268933539" id="zoomer_105048_16081iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/aa/f2/dd3f7b286658d0316083e05ef206/140/120/105048.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Ink Stone in the Form of a Shell, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Ink Stone and Cover
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.8515625" id="zoomer_112676_4479iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/5c/c2/58699b6d46af4912e5df910544fe/140/120/112676.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Ink Stone and Cover, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Imperial Ink Stone
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.712239583333" id="zoomer_104624_17903iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/9c/ee/be3634949b697a581fc0a94507fc/140/120/104624.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Imperial Ink Stone, K'ang-hsi Workshops" height_offset="0" /></div>
Inkstone with Fitted Box
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:83.9453125px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.667752443" id="zoomer_91764_6204iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/a8/fb/e92adc3bc069f11e3f898d8464ef/140/120/91764.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Inkstone with Fitted Box, Lu T'ung" height_offset="0" /></div>
Wrist Rest
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:54.00390625px;"><img class="inline_img fake_2.59240506329" id="zoomer_105263_7089iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/8a/91/b4f8c522d67d21d0f7eb86978fb5/140/120/105263.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Wrist Rest, Artist Unknown (China)" height_offset="0" /></div>
