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Brush Holder

筆筒

1628–44
(1628-1644)
porcelain
Overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.709
Location: not on view
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Description

This porcelain brush holder is considered to have been made in the "Transitional period," a term used to define the period between about 1620 and 1683 when official kilns in Jingdezhen were no longer under imperial supervision due to the transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasties.
Brush Holder

Brush Holder

1628–44

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, "Transitional period", Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chongzhen reign (1628-1644)

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