1937.1053, Brush rest

 
Objectnumber
1937.1053
Style/decoration
Ming 14th- and 15th-century blue-and-white
Material
Porcelain
Material description
Underglaze blue
Dynasty
Wanli
Country
China
Period
1573 - 1600
Dimensions
length foot 15,8 cm, width foot 3,3 cm, height 11 cm
Inscription/marks
On the base six incised Nien hao marks in a rectangle.
Institution
Groninger Museum
Source
Gift Ottema
Description
Chinese porcelain brush rest (on a narrow plinth) shaped as three mountain tops, three Imperial dragons coiled around them, their heads forming the peaks. At the foot of the mountains ocean waves and rocks.
Object
Brush Holder