The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Brush Rest
1127–1279
Diameter: 2.8 x 7.6 cm (1 1/8 x 3 in.); Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1957.42
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
There are twelve "hills" on this mountain-shaped brush rest.Description
This brush rest, shaped like a mountain range, is covered with a thick and soft gray-blue crackled Guan ware glaze that pools in the deeper areas, giving the mountain range a hazy appearance as if enshrouded in white mists. Guan ware was produced in the imperial kilns in Hangzhou, the Southern Song dynasty capital.- Men-chu Wang, Beijing, China. Seller's no. 23?–1957(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1957–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Beurdeley, Michel. The Chinese Collector Through the Centuries, from the Han to the 20th Century. Rutland, VT: C.E. Tuttle Co, 1966. No. 105, p. 243Williams, Marjorie. Chinese Painting--an Escape from the "Dusty" World. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 50, p. 67
- China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).Chaekgeori: Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 5-November 5, 2017).Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-April 5, 1981).
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