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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 187031, member: 360&quot;]It does look like an arm-rest or wrist-rest, yes.</p><p><br /></p><p>KK, a wrist-rest or arm-rest was something a Chinese scholar, artist or writer used. It would lie on his desk and he would rest his arm or wrist across it. </p><p><br /></p><p>This was to keep it still while he wrote Chinese characters. It also kept the long sleeves of his robes off the paper (and away from the charcoal ink of the era). It also prevented the oil on his skin from getting onto the paper and staining it as he was painting or writing. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen VERY nice ones made of ivory. My paternal grandfather was a Chinese calligrapher and journalist. He was born in Canton in 1907.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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