CHINESE

Brush holder
(18th century)

Medium

ivory, gold paint, pigment, ink

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

Medium

ivory, gold paint, pigment, ink

Measurements

13.2 × 12.7 cm diameter

Place/s of Execution

China

Accession Number

1201-D2

Department

Asian Art

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation

Gallery location

18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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CHINESE

Brush holder
(18th century)