Brush Rest
Description
Subject Matter:
It is one of the objects from ‘the scholar’s table’. If you were a Chinese scholar in the middle of the 18th Century – or even the 19th Century – you would have a table, and on it you would have a number of key things: brushes for calligraphy, a Bitong (a brush pot) to put your brushes in, and an ink stone to grind up ink.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2svW9tmQHWL8jCMLPDvKyX9/18th-century-chinese-brush-pot
Physical Description:
Yellow glazed brush rest in the shape of partially unrolled scroll, applique on top, with Wang Bingrong mark on base. It has a custom wood stand.
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