笔筒乃文房小器,一向颇得文人雅士的青睐。其前身是早在唐代就大量使用的笔船、笔床和笔搁。明代以后,笔筒开始大量兴起,至今盛而不衰。文人雅士总喜在画案、书桌上摆放笔筒。其精巧古朴,一直为藏家所钟爱。目前较为常见的笔筒多为明清两代的器物,材质以瓷制、竹制、木质、玉质 Pen holder is a small room, has always been quite popular literati favored. Its predecessor was a pen-ship, a pen-bed and a pen-pen which were extensively used as early as the Tang Dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty, the pen began a large number of rise, so far Shengbubu. Literati always like painting case, writing pen on the desk. Its sophisticated simplicity, has always been favorite for collectors. At present, the more common pen holder for the Ming and Qing dynasties are mostly artifacts, materials to porcelain, bamboo, wood, jade