brush-pot BM-PDF.854

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1736-1795
Materials:glass
Technique:enamelled

Dimensions:Diameter: 7.50 centimetres Height: 10.20 centimetres

Description:
Glass brush-pot of tall cylindrical form with flat base. The brush pot is thick milky-white opaque glass. There is a group of the seven sages and two servants, where four of the sages are seated with one servant looking on holding ‘lingzhi’ plants, in mixed enamel on the exterior.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Qing Qianlong 1736-95 Room 95 label text:PDF 854Brush pot with a group of five wise men with three students.Jesuit missionaries residing within the Forbidden City brought with them Western technologies such as enamelling glass. The brush pot has a four-character Qianlong mark incised within a double square on the base, possibly originally filled in with blue green enamel.Enamelled glassForbidden City, Beijing北京故宫Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period, AD 1736–1795 PDF 854五學士三學生圖筆筒紫禁城內的耶穌會傳教士，帶來了西方的技術，如玻璃畫琺瑯。器底雙方框內刻四字乾隆年款，原先可能填有藍綠色彩料。玻璃畫琺瑯北京故宮清代，乾隆，乾隆款，1736-1795年