Detail View: The AMICA Library: Brushwasher
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.2000.158.2
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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artist unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
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Creator Name-CRT:
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artist unknown
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Title:
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Brushwasher
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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10th century - 12th century
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Creation Start Date:
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900
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Creation End Date:
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1199
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Materials and Techniques:
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glazed pottery
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Classification Term:
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Pottery
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Dimensions:
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H.2-1/16 x W.6-1/16 x D.4-1/8 in.
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Component Measured:
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overall
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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2000.158.2
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
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Rights:
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Context:
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With its shallow oval shape and quatrefoil outline, this tenth century ceramic brushwasher is likely based on a silver vessel. The upright sides are moulded in high relief with "precious objects" flanked by stylized florets with "classic scroll" borders around the rim and base. The decoration has been picked out in bright green while the background is glazed in amber brown, two of the most common glaze colors in Liao dynasty (907-1125) ceramics. A pair of octafoil brushwashers with the same colors as this vessel and similar moulded décor was excavated in 1977 from a Liao dynasty tomb in Wengniute County, Inner Mongolia. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.22006c.tif
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