Detail View: The AMICA Library: Brush Pot

AMICA ID: 
MIA_.98.78.5
AMICA Library Year: 
2002
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Unknown
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Role: 
artist
Creator Name-CRT: 
Early Qing dynasty
Title: 
Brush Pot
View: 
Front
Creation Date: 
17th century
Creation Start Date: 
1600
Creation End Date: 
1699
Materials and Techniques: 
huang hua-li
Classification Term: 
Miscellany
Dimensions: 
H.8-15/16 x Dia.10-3/8 in.
Component Measured: 
overall
Measurement Unit: 
in
AMICA Contributor: 
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 
98.78.5
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Rights: 
Context: 

The grain of this large brush holder is strongly figured in a shape suggesting some type of animal. Unusual markings such as this were highly valued by the literati. As with convoluted t'ai-hu garden rocks, root furniture, or burlwood patterns, there was a high appreciation for qualities of abstraction found in nature.

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MIA_.6532c.tif