Brush with Carved Designs (brush cap)
1573–1619
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Brush with Carved Designs (brush cap), 1573–1619. China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli mark and reign (1573-1619). Carved bamboo; overall: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); handle: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); top: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1967.194.b The inscription on this brush with a bamboo cap reads: Made during the Wanli Era of the Great Ming [dynasty].
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Wood
- Formatted Medium
- carved bamboo
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); Handle: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); Top: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 大明萬曆年製 Translation: Made in the Reign of Wanli of Great Ming
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1967.194.b
- Credit Line
- Anonymous Gift
- Exhibitions
- Chinese Bamboo Carving, Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques, Scholar's Studio, Chaekgeori: Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens, China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail, <em>Bamboo Carving of China</em>. China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, NY (March 18-May 29, 1983); Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (July 24-September 11, 1983); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (October 3, 1983-January 15, 1984).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 010 Focus Gallery
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