Ancient study plaything: painting cylinder

In ancient times, the small jar for painting and calligraphy was called painting and calligraphy altar or painting and calligraphy jar. Painting cylinder is a traditional plaything in the study. There is an anecdote about the painting cylinder: a painter is proficient in porcelain, and one day he happened to meet a white porcelain painting cylinder. He bought it as soon as he liked it, and put it on the drawing table, which was full of illustrations and very imposing, and became a beautiful scenery in the study.

Traditional learning toys

Painting cylinder is a traditional plaything in the study.

Shu Fang Jia Jing

Most painting cylinders are ceramic. The shape is solid, the mouth is flat, the side is folded, the abdomen is deep and converges downwards, and it is inward to the bottom, shallow and round. White glaze is applied to the inner wall of the cylinder, and there is no grain on the plain surface; The outer wall of the cylinder is decorated with exquisite colors.