Brush washer
This cleverly designed brush washer takes the shape of half of a peach nestled upon a base of gnarled branches and overturned leaves. A waterbird with outspread wings and extended legs serves as the vessel’s handle. The organic, inventive form draws aesthetic inspiration from fifteenth-century metalwork.
Artwork Details
- 清 玉雕桃形水鳥柄筆洗
- Title: Brush washer
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 18th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions: H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); L. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
- Classification: Jade
- Credit Line: Alfred W. Hoyt Collection, Bequest of Rosina H. Hoppin, 1965
- Object Number: 65.86.181a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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Chinese
late 16th–early 17th century
China
12th–14th century
China
3rd century BCE
Chinese
1368–1644
China
18th century
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