Print style
Stone Rubbing
Damp paper pressed onto carved stone and dabbed with an ink pad, so the stone prints dark and every incised line stays white. Suzhou example from the Poster Stamp collection.
Make a stamp in this styleThe print tradition
Damp paper pressed onto carved stone and dabbed with an ink pad, so the stone prints dark and every incised line stays white.
- Period
- China, from the Tang dynasty
- Process
- Ink dabbed over carved stone
- Marks
- Dabbed ink, incised white lines
- Frame
- One rubbed stele cut with the chisel: rolling clouds, climbing vines, sunk title tablet, cracked-ice base, chipped edges
The example
Plum rain on the old canal. The example starts from a Rainpost scene render of Suzhou. The browser editor applies a local print treatment to your photo; the historical collection is an artistic interpretation.
