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INKSTICK

Ink is generally made of pine or oil soot and animal glue, then dried in the wind or an oven. The end of inkstick has to be rubbed with a little water on the flat part of the inkstone. The Chinese grind in circles while the Japanese do it back and forth. From time to time, add drops of water, until the "pit" of the stone has a sufficient quantity of ink to start. It take some 10 to 15' but all masters say it is necessary to reach an ideal mental condition.
NB Wipe inkstick when finished otherwise it would crack

Pine soot inkstick Ref: CA02002

Standard inkstick, using all parts of the stone pine tree. Soft and easy to grind, it gives strokes of cold, light black,suitable for calligraphy beginners and good for painting
You can read on its face: qian qiu guang, "light of 1000 Automns", in other words eternity

Length 98 mm, net weight 33 g approximately

Price : €2.09 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Oil inkstick Ref: CA02004

Standard inkstick, using colza oil soot. Hard and slow to grind, it gives strokes of shiny black, appreciated in calligraphy especially Chinese
You can read on its face: wubai jin you, "500 pounds of oil"

Length 98 mm, net weight 33 g approximately

Price : €2.09 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Qing mo Ref: CA02040

"Bluish" black or cold deep shade is seen as better for characters. Made from tender parts of the pine
Comes in a pair of two in brocade box

Length 90 mm, net weight 33 g approximately

Price : €11.71 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Guo bao Ref: CA02045

Shiny deep black ink made from aleurite tree
Delicately decorated inkstick, called "national treasure" in Anhui

Length 90 mm, net weight 33 g approximately

Price : €6.69 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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"101" ink Ref: CA02050

The most famous of the widely distributed inksticks in China because its black is deeper and matt, comes quickly into ink as the material is very dense. It says: da hao shanshui (great landscape) on its back
Both calligraphers and painters love it and many bad imitations can be found (we can guarantee this one is the original)

Length 95 mm, net weight 33 g approximately

Price : €11.71 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Vermilion ink S Ref: CA02035

High density inkstick made in China from genuine vermilion for unchanging works of art

Length 60 mm, net weight 24 g approximately

Price : €11.71 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Vermilion ink M Ref: CA02036

High density inkstick made in China from genuine vermilion for unchanging works of art

Length 90 mm, net weight 96 g approximately

Price : €23.41 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Tie Zhaiweng inkstick, gold plated Ref: CA02055

60 grams "101" quality, 24 cts gold plated
Looking like a gold ingot in its red brocade box

Price : €31.77 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Kindei-zumi 1 Ref: CA02060

Warm gold inkstick for regular tiny script of sutras when rubbed in a special porcelain inkstone (used also by Occidental illuminators preferably to shell gold as this quality is much better and cheaper) made in the best workshop of Japan

Length 65 mm, net weight 18 g approximately

Price : €41.81 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Kindei-zumi 2 Ref: CA02065

Cold gold inkstick for regular tiny script of sutras when rubbed in a special porcelain inkstone (used also by Occidental illuminators preferably to shell gold as this quality is much better and cheaper) made in the best workshop of Japan

Length 65 mm, net weight 18 g approximately

Price : €41.81 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Gindei-zumi Ref: CA02070

Silver inkstick for regular tiny script of sutras when rubbed in a special porcelain inkstone (used also by Occidental illuminators) made in the best workshop of Japan

Length 65 mm, net weight 18 g approximately

Price : €41.81 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Chijirushi Ref: CA02075

Basic inkstick for kanji calligraphy, made in Japan

Length 78 mm, net weight 30 g approximately

Price : €11.71 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Matsu Sansui Ref: CA02080

Special pine (matsu) inkstick for sumi-e and general landscape painting, as the words sansui say it in running script. Made in the best workshop of Japan, comes in a little paulownia box

Length 77 mm, net weight 30 g approximately

Price : €37.63 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Li Tinggui Ref: CA02090

Important inkstick for Chinese calligraphy made in the old county of She after the ancient recipe of the famous Li Tinggui
Comes in its beautiful paulownia box

Length 115 mm, net weight 66 g approximately

Price : €31.77 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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The nine sons of the dragon Ref: CA02125

Superb inkstick from an old stock (about a century) showing wonderful carvings and developing subtle fragrances when in use
Comes in a blue indigo box

Length 100 mm, net weight 72 g approximately

Price : €41.81 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Tortoise shaped ink Ref: CA02015

Ink is seen as a precious material in Far-East. Therefore it sometimes comes as a gift item, shaped in a propitiatory object. Here as a tortoise, meaning constancy and firmness of mind.
Length 75 mm. In a box with glass lid

Price : €6.69 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Cicada shaped ink Ref: CA02016

Ink is seen as a precious material in Far-East. Therefore it sometimes comes as a gift item, shaped in a propitiatory object. Here as a cicada, meaning immortality
Length 70 mm. In a box with glass lid

Price : €6.69 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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Sabre shaped ink Ref: CA02017

Ink is seen as a precious material in Far-East. Therefore it sometimes comes as a gift item, shaped in a propitiatory object. Here as a traditional Chinese sword, meaning invincibility
Length 150 mm. In a box with glass lid

Price : €6.69 (Excluding: VAT at 19.6%)

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