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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
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