Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1522-1566
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:fish musical instrument
Dimensions:Diameter: 14 centimetres Height: 9 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain brush and ink-stick stand decorated in underglaze blue. This drum-shaped stand has three round openings and one rectangular opening at the top, surrounding a central well with raised domed tip. Flower sprays -chrysanthemum, peony, tea rose and camellia – decorate the top. Around the sides are four different fish surrounded by stylized waves bordered above by a band of ‘ruyi’ heads in triangles and below with flowers and scales. On the base is a six-character Jiajing reign mark in a double ring.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The late Ming scholar Wen Zhenheng records in his Changwuji [Notes on Superfluous Things] that drum-shaped brush pots with holes were made to hold ink sticks and brushes. Indeed a painting of the philosopher Wang Yangming, seated at his writing desk, illustrates just such a drum-shaped brush and ink stand with brushes inserted into the holes by their bases, tip uppermost. The depth of the present stand would make long brushes quite precarious and short ink sticks would be difficult to retrieve.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:fish musical instrument
Dimensions:Diameter: 14 centimetres Height: 9 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain brush and ink-stick stand decorated in underglaze blue. This drum-shaped stand has three round openings and one rectangular opening at the top, surrounding a central well with raised domed tip. Flower sprays -chrysanthemum, peony, tea rose and camellia – decorate the top. Around the sides are four different fish surrounded by stylized waves bordered above by a band of ‘ruyi’ heads in triangles and below with flowers and scales. On the base is a six-character Jiajing reign mark in a double ring.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The late Ming scholar Wen Zhenheng records in his Changwuji [Notes on Superfluous Things] that drum-shaped brush pots with holes were made to hold ink sticks and brushes. Indeed a painting of the philosopher Wang Yangming, seated at his writing desk, illustrates just such a drum-shaped brush and ink stand with brushes inserted into the holes by their bases, tip uppermost. The depth of the present stand would make long brushes quite precarious and short ink sticks would be difficult to retrieve.
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