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Brush holder
(18th century)
Medium
ivory, gold paint, pigment, ink
Measurements
13.2 × 12.7 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This brush holder is decorated in two different tones of gold and black ink. It depicts a hunting party emerging from a pine forest, the tops of the standards from the standard bearers just visible behind the hunter. In China, brush holders were one of the main implements for calligraphy found on a scholar’s desk, which might also include brushes, ink sticks, an ink stone, paper weights and water droppers.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
China
Accession Number
1201-D2
Department
Asian Art
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