Square brush washer

Object Details

• Artist

  Seal of Chen Mingyuan (active late 17th-early 18th century)

• Description

  Square brush washer of brown-black unglazed Yixing clay; two loose ring handles and two bands of decoration in countersunk relief. Inscription of eleven characters and one seal. Rosewood stand.

• Origin

  Yixing, Jiangsu province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1720s, 1660s

• Name

  Chen, Mingyuan

• Place

  Jiangsu province, Yixing, China

• Topic

  Art, Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722), Stoneware, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Yixing ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)