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A bundle of thin fibres (which form the brush) held together by thin strips of wood wrapped around one half of the bundle, topped with a piece of cloth to create a cap.<br /> <br /> This brush was used in a procedure called bemaegi , which involves starching fabric to level threads on the surface of the warp and maintain humidity. It was made of pine roots and by binding them together at the end of the handle with hemp cloth. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 279]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Brush
1900 – 1950
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
2009/2.52
A hexagonal container of white porcelain. Each of six rectangular panels has delicate rendering of figures or plants with blue underglaze. On one panel there is a male figure dancing and playing a drum. On another panel, dancing male figure appears as well. Next to the drumming figure, a pine tree is drawn.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Blue-and-white brush holder with human figures and pine tree
18th century
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1966/2.25
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