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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Brush Holder

Brush Holder

1628–44
(1368-1644), Chongzhen reign (1628-1644)
porcelain
Overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.709
Location: not on view

Description

This porcelain brush holder is considered to have been made in the "Transitional period," a term used to define the period between about 1620 and 1683 when official kilns in Jingdezhen were no longer under imperial supervision due to the transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasties.
  • The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 9-October 16, 1988).
    A Study Exhibition of Chinese Textiles of the Ming and Ch'ing Periods. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 1947-October 9, 1948).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.709