Title

Carved bamboo brushpot, China, 1st half of the 18th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Carved bamboo brushpot, China, 1st half of the 18th century. Qing dynasty reticulated bamboo brushpot of pierced work, the design showing a scholar leaning against a gnarled pine tree. His left arm is bent at the elbow and in his other hand he holds a shoe. The reverse is decorated with a tree issuing from tiered rocks with vegetation, and a flying stork amid swirling clouds.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1700

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_283

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (754,8Kb) / 7,4in x 9,4in / 2213 x 2830 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature tree people male man men landscape education plant country container China Chinese guy color colour brown pine tree bamboo location century artefact dynasty scholar artifact qing dynasty 18th century Eighteenth Century Museum of East Asian Art brush pot brushpot object wood sculpture Unknown wood object sculpture