笔筒是一种常见的置笔用具,“文房四宝”之一。一般呈圆筒状,材质有竹、木、瓷、漆、玉、象牙、紫砂等。笔筒以其独特的艺术个性和较高的文化品位,受到文人墨客的青睐。我们今天能够见到的传世器物,大多是用瓷或者竹木制作的。对笔筒的明确记载始于明代,明代文人朱彝尊曾作《笔筒铭》云:“笔之在案,或侧或颇,犹人之无仪,筒以束之,如客得家,闲彼放心,归于无邪。”文震亨《长物志》笔筒专条云:“(笔筒)湘竹、 Pen holder is a common pen set, ”Four treasures “ one. General cylindrical, bamboo, wood, porcelain, paint, jade, ivory, purple and so on. Pencil with its unique artistic personality and high cultural quality, by the literati of all ages. The handed down objects we see today are mostly made of porcelain or bamboo. A clear account of the pen holder began in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty literati Zhu Yizun served as ”pen ming Ming“ cloud: ”pen in the case, or side or rather, Jude no instrument, tube to bundle, such as Kede home, Rest assured, attributed to innocent. “Wen Zhenheng” long record “pen special cloud: ” (pen holder) Xiang Zhu,