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TRADITIONS & UTENSILS

 

 

 

  inkstones

 

Malaysia

Chinese inkstones, flat stone mortars used for grinding ink sticks (fig.), as well as for holding the obtained ink.

 

They are called yan, in Chinese and are part of the wen fang si bao (fig.).

 

  inkstones