Accession Number
PG2020.2.90A-B

Title
Brush Rest

Artist(s)

Object Creation Date
Qing dynasty, Daoguang reign (1821 - 1850)

Medium & Support
porcelain with glaze and wood stand

Dimensions
3/4 in. (1.91 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.
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Physical Description
Yellow glazed brush rest in the shape of partially unrolled scroll, applique on top, with Wang Bingrong mark on base. It has a custom wood stand.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
handscrolls
scholars
yellow colors