1985.906: Long-Handled Calligraphy Brush with Decoration of Two Dragons Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Rolling Waves
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.906
- Title
- Long-Handled Calligraphy Brush with Decoration of Two Dragons Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Rolling Waves
- Classification
- Artists' Tools
- Work Type
- brush
- Date
- Qianlong period, 1736-1795
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/199427
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with red enamel mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters immediately above the bristles; with white hair bristles covered with a silk cap
- Dimensions
- L. 32 cm (12 5/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased in Hong Kong or London, April 1976; bequest to Harvard Art Museum
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
- Accession Year
- 1985
- Object Number
- 1985.906
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
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