During the Han dynasty, the equipment used by writers included brushes, ink sticks, ink stones, blades, and slips made of bamboo or wood. To judge from artifacts found in Chü-yen, anyone who wished to practice writing tended to use a brush, a ku, and recycled slips. Besides Chü-yen, brushes have also been excavated from the ruins of the Han frontier settlements such as Ma-chüan-wan and Hsüan-ch’üan-chi in Tun-huang.
English Audio Guide
English Audio Guide
- Item No.
- H06714
- Period
- Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D.220)
- Dimensions
- Length 23.0cm
- Excavated/Findspot
- A8 Mu-durbeljiin, Edsen-gol, Inner Mongolia
- Notes
- Significant Antiquity
