The pen holder should be the latest stationery to appear. The structure of the brush is not suitable for inserting in the pen holder, the ink or the water after washing the pen will flow back into the pen barrel, the brush is easy to damage, whether it is sheep hair or wolf hair, the pen hair is also easy to pour, not conducive to re-use. In principle, the washed pen should be hung on the pen hanger and stored vertically, or temporarily placed on the pen holder or wall bed flat. Now the real thing of the pen holder first appeared in the Jiajing Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. That's why it is said that the pen holder is the latest stationery to appear.
However, as soon as the pen holder appeared, it was "unstoppable" and became the favorite stationery of literati. Its volume will make the bookcase more imposing, and it will also store more brushes that are not in use for a while. Originally, the pen holder was mostly made of bamboo and wood, and the pursuit was a natural and simple temperament. After Chongzhen, the porcelain pen holder increased. In the Qing Dynasty, the jade road was unblocked, more and better Hetian jade was transported into the court, and the jade idiot emperor Qianlong was encountered, and the jade pen holder with exquisite design, complex carving and huge volume appeared on the bookcase in the Qing Palace.
Poly's "Jade Sees Qianlong" exhibition exhibits several jade pen holders made in the Qianlong Dynasty. There is nothing to say about the jade quality and carving, the standard Qianlong work!There is a "white jade crane deer with spring pen holder", which is the best in the volume of jade pen holder.
White jade crane deer with spring pen holder.
The jade quality of the pen holder is delicate, and it is Hetian jade at a glance.
This pen holder is the largest in a private collection.
Magnolia Pavilion repairs the pen holder.
The carving of jade in the Qianlong Dynasty is complex and delicate. It is all reflected in this pen holder.
The carved patterns are also beautiful and elegant, the crane and deer are auspicious in the same spring, and the Lanting is elegant.
Topaz Sixteen Arhat Pen Holder.
High relief, the wall can be transparent.
It also makes good use of smart colors.
White jade pine pattern pen holder.
White jade floral pattern pen holder and white jade plum blossom pen holder.
Qingyu all the way to the branch with the shape of the pen holder.
White jade slub-shaped pen holder.
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