Blue-and-white brush pot with butterfly and bird on a branch

Details

• Title

  Blue-and-white brush pot with butterfly and bird on a branch

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  1655 - 1660
  Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi Period (1645 - 1661)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, thrown, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  thrown;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

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

• Dimensions

  14.5 cm (height)
  7.4 cm (diameter)
  at base 7.2 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.940

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