objectInkstoneObjects · RitualsA named Chinese inkstone, yan, for grinding ink with water. Not generic stone, not an oracle-bone, and not a gui-tablet.Also known as Yan · InkstoneChinese traditionInkstone appears in Chinese tradition.Laufer’s material-culture neighborhood of Chinese hardstone study ware seats the inkstone among scholar’s grinding slabs. A named yan-inkstone in that survey speech, not inkstick as the cake and not a mortar dump.from Berthold Laufer · Jade, 1912appears in · sourced · culturally specificsourcesJade · Berthold LauferBerthold Laufer, Jade: A Study in Chinese Archaeology and Religion.