Brush Pot
1662-1722 (made)
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Brush pot, porcelain with carved decoration and painting in underglaze blue, red and celadon. Of plain cylindrical shape, with flat base having a broad unglazed ring surrounding a shallow glazed depression in the centre, on which the mark is written. Round the outside is a design with a qilin, tiger, and another animal depicted in a landscape with lingzhi fungus growing by a rock, and the moon among clouds. The inside is plain.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with carved decoration and painting in underglaze blue, red and celadon |
| Brief description | Brush pot, porcelain with carved decoration and painting in underglaze blue, red and celadon; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
| Physical description | Brush pot, porcelain with carved decoration and painting in underglaze blue, red and celadon. Of plain cylindrical shape, with flat base having a broad unglazed ring surrounding a shallow glazed depression in the centre, on which the mark is written. Round the outside is a design with a qilin, tiger, and another animal depicted in a landscape with lingzhi fungus growing by a rock, and the moon among clouds. The inside is plain. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An artemisia leaf in underglaze blue |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Dame Ada MacNaghten |
| Production | label |
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| Accession number | FE.14-1970 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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