Brush pot with Su Shi's Latter Ode on the Red Cliff

Details

• Title

  Brush pot with Su Shi's Latter Ode on the Red Cliff

• Artist/maker

  Zhang Xihuang (active early 17th century) (carver)

  Su Shi (1037 - 1101) (author)

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  1607
  Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Material and technique

  bamboo, with carved decoration

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › stem › cane › bamboo

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  communications equipment › art/writing equipment › brush-container › brush-pot

• Dimensions

  14.2 cm (height)
  9.2 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Anthony Evans, 2009.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2009.38

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