Heritage Journal

Ink Rubbings

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The Invention of Ink Rubbing: How Stone Learned to Travel

The Invention of Ink Rubbing: How Stone Learned to Travel

Long before photography or printing, China invented a way to copy any carving exactly: the ink rubbing. Its oldest surviving example was hidden at Dunhuang for a thousand years.
When Rubbing Became Scholarship: Jinshixue, the Study of Metal and Stone

When Rubbing Became Scholarship: Jinshixue, the Study of Metal and Stone