古人制砚,首先考虑的实用,然后才是美观。故选用材质,基本上以石质为主,石质磨墨极佳,尤以端、歙、松花石、红丝、洮河等为常用。制砚而选用异材,如黄金银、象牙、瓷陶、竹木、玉等,多非实用,主要是赏玩用,玉砚磨朱砂,常见,然而金银牙角之属制砚,则很难有多少实用性了,我以为这些极其名贵的异材古砚,大抵为雅士富豪甚至王公贵族 Ancients made inkstone, first consider the practical, then it is beautiful. Therefore, the selection of materials, basically based on the stone, stone grinding very good, especially in the end, 歙, Songhua Shi, red silk, 洮 River, etc. are commonly used. Made of Yan and the selection of different materials, such as gold and silver, ivory, porcelain pottery, bamboo, jade, etc., mostly non-functional, mainly for the use of entertainment, vermilion vermilion, common, however, How much practical, and I think these extremely valuable foreign material ancient inkstone, probably asyour rich and even nobility