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brush-washer

• Object type

  • brush-washer

• Museum number

  PDF,A.504

• Description

  Porcelain brush-washer in the form of a clam shell with two small feet and whorls around narrow end. The brush-washer has blue glaze on the interior and dark greenish-grey on the exterior.

• Culture/period

  • Ming dynasty

• Date

  • 16thC(late)-17thC(early)

• Production place

  • Made in: Jingdezhen
  • (Asia,China,Jiangxi (province),Jingdezhen)

• Materials

  • porcelain

• Technique

  • glazed

• Dimensions

  • Height: 34 millimetres
  • Width: 114 millimetres

• Curator's comments

  Published PDF date : 17th centuryRoom 95 label text:

  PDF A504

  Model of a shell

  
  This brush washer is in the form of a shell. Inside it is glazed blue and outside is biscuit fired with tiny little molluscs applied.

  
  Porcelain with blue glaze and biscuit-fired decoration
  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮
  Ming dynasty, Wanli period, AD 1573–1620

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• Bibliography

  • Medley 1973 p.29, no.A504
  • Scott 1989 p.30, no.A504

• Location

  On display: G95/dc44/sh2

• Acquisition name

  • On loan from: Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art

• Department

  Asia

• Registration number

  PDF,A.504