Rectangular Brush Tray (Bichuan) with Dragon-and-Phoenix Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1940.282
Title: Rectangular Brush Tray (Bichuan) with Dragon-and-Phoenix Decor
Classification: Artists' Tools
Work Type: brush stand
Date: Wanli period, 1573-1620
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period: Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/205598

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double rectangle on the base
Dimensions: H. 5 x L. 31.7 x D. 11.7 cm (1 15/16 x 12 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year: 1940
Object Number: 1940.282
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Fogg Art Museum, The Use of Blue on Chinese Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty 1368-1644, exh. cat., Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 1947), no. 35 (not illustrated)

Exhibition History

Transformations: Asia East and West, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/19/1992 - 02/14/1993

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