Vintage Chinese Sumi Ink Stick With Embossed Landscape Metallic Mountains 3" Tsutsugaki A very auspicious motif called

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Vintage Chinese Sumi Ink Stick With Embossed Landscape Metallic Mountains 3" Tsutsugaki A very auspicious motif calledThisis a Vintage Chinese ink stick used to make sumi ink for calligraphy and painting. Embossed with a mountain temple scene on the front and back painted in gold, copper, bronze, silver, red, blue and green. The scenery is labeled in traditional Chinese with "Wenshu Monistery" and "Yu Ping Peak". Chinese ink is some of the best ink in the world for calligraphy. To make ink pour a small amount of water on to the high flat part of a slate ink stone