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Want to know what our customer say: "Just wanted to let you know that I received my order yesterday, and am very pleased. Though I am not a very good artist (the inkstone, brushes, etc. are a gift for my brother, who has much more talent than I do!), even I could tell that these items were of exceptional quality. My brother will no doubt cherish and get much use from them. I especially love the simple beauty of the She inkstone; and the fact that it is functional makes it all the more beautiful." --------------- Jeremiah, Nov22, 2002
A page of collector and artist's inkstones from Jianxi mountains. They all have beautiful and unique eyebrows mark or water wave markings! These stones are very hard, almost all of them have no carvings, but just shows the beautiful She inkstone markings! They are all hand cut and polished! They are especially high valued by Japanese collectors! It's extreamly difficult to find pieces that's perfect. This made the ones that's near perfect very precious. As for making ink, it's a little bit too hard and rough compare to She Da Gu Yun old mine stones! But they have much more beautiful markings compare to Da Gu Yun She inkstones!
Do not be confused of these stones with Jade Mountain stones, though they both from Jianxi province. Jade mountain stones are much much softer than these stones. This will be the best way to identify them.
Grinding Ink --- As one pours a bit of water to the grinding surface of the inkstone and sit down upright to grind that ink with a smooth and gripping Shi inkstone and Hui inkstick slowly and steadyly in a circular motion cross the inkstone, you will get the meaning by the most famous Song dynasty artist Su Shih's (1034 - 1101) poem, the sound from the grinding is like string music to his ear. As most practioners find out this meditative and prepapatory procedure makes the calligrapher concentrates his attention to the rhythmic and circular motion. The inkstick becomes an extension of ones hand. By the time the ink has reached its consistancy, all the distracting thoughts has drifted away. It is exactly this undistracted mental state, the peaceful and focused quality which are thought to have resulted in the high quality of the calligraphic and brush stroke works.

The conversion from CM (centimeter) to inches is divided by 2.54. Most of the inkstones here are more than 7.5 inches in height and 1.0 inches thick. Check out each one's size carefully.

All Stones Are Eyebrows Mark from Jiangxi Province, but hand polished and carved in She county!