Accession Number
PG2020.2.60A&B

Title
Brush Holder

Artist(s)

Object Creation Date
Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)

Medium & Support
porcelain with glaze

Dimensions
5 5/8 in. (14.29 cm)

Credit Line
Promised gift of William C. Weese, M.D., LSA ‘65

Subject matter
It is one of the objects from ‘the scholar’s table’. If you were a Chinese scholar in the middle of the 18th Century – or even the 19th Century – you would have a table, and on it you would have a number of key things: brushes for calligraphy, a Bitong (a brush pot) to put your brushes in, and an ink stone to grind up ink.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2svW9tmQHWL8jCMLPDvKyX9/18th-century-chinese-brush-pot

Physical Description
Blue-green brush holder with reticulated designs of plants on open wooden lid and base.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
blue colors
brush holder
green colors
groupings of plants
reticulation