A Chinese brush rest decorated with green and yellow enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Of rectangular box-shaped, with three openings on the top for holding brushes. The top surface is also pierced with three openwork cash-shaped designs above a hallow space.
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Kangxi (1662-1722)
- Material:
- Porcelain
- Dimension:
- L. 2.55 in. (6.5 cm)
- Reference :
- B849
- Price:
- upon request
- Status:
- available
Related works
Two very similar brush rests are illustrated by Luisa Vinhais and Jorge Welsh in Biscuit: Refined Chinese Famille Verte Wares, Jorge Welsh Books, London and Lisbon, 2012, pp. 120-123, nos. 28-29.
Notice
Brush rests were necessary items for writing as a temporary holder for brushes while they were in use upon the scholars’s desk. This brush rest would have been used in conjunction with other items essential to the Chinese scholar, such as ink, paper and brushes.
