Inkstone

“夕阳照个新叶红，似要题诗落烟台” （司空图《偶诗五首》其一）”
“The sun shines like a fresh red leaf, falling like a poem on my inkstone” – poetry of Si Kongtu.

Inkstones may have started as a type of mixing palette for chinese ink, however over a few thousand years they have developed into highly collectable works of art in their own right, regarded as the chief of China’s “Four Treasures of the Study”. See Inkstones and Inkstone Buyer’s Guide.