Pen holder, also known as pen holder and pen holder, is one of the common appliances in the study. When painting and calligraphy, you should stand up by thinking or taking a short break, so as not to turn the brush around and defile other things. It is the most indispensable stationery in ancient books.
The study stationery that can hang the brush upside down is called pen holder, pen holder, pen pillow and pen mountain. To be precise, the kind that can be hung up is also called pen container, and there are many now, which are made of horns or something. To be precise, it is called pen container, pen pillow and pen mountain.
The materials of the pen holder are generally porcelain, wood, purple sand, copper, iron, jade, ivory, crystal and so on. Among them, porcelain, copper and iron are the most common practical pen holders, and jade pen holders are the most typical ornamental pen holders. Many styles. The jade pen holder is a mountain-shaped, lying fairy and old jade female cat, with twelve peaks as the grid and single ups and downs as the grid.
Porcelain has three mountains and five mountains in Geyao and tiles in Bai Ding. There are no old roots and branches; Stones have peaks and valleys. After the Ming Dynasty, the literati's pursuit of study stationery became higher and higher, which required not only the matching of study stationery with pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but also practicality and appreciation.
Therefore, as a symbol of literati's pursuit of leisure and elegant life at that time, beautifully carved jade pen holders were very common in the Ming Dynasty, including sapphire and white jade, mostly in the shape of mountain peaks. The carving of the jade pen container in Qing Dynasty is complicated, especially with rich craftsmanship.