CAIZC1 Cai Guosheng and Luo Zizheng: ZHONGGUO CHENGNI GU YAN JIANSHANG. (The Connoisseurship of Ancient Chinese Inkstones in Chengni Stone). Shanghai, 2005. 18, 275 pp. 128 inkstones illustrated in colour plates throughout, with at least two plates per stone and often rubbings of the designs. 32x23 cm. Cloth. GBP 55.00 A well-presented and researched exposition of superb scholars objects. The earliest stones date from the Han period and the latest from the Qing, all sharing a relation with the stone designated as 'chengni' (literally 'clarified clay'). Some fine designs and all somehow with a patination of use that this material bears particularly well. Text in both Chinese and Japanese. Subjects: Scholar’s Studio Can be ordered in, as of: 16/01/2010 Was item 239 in printed List 143. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.