A Chinese Scholar's Tools

Brush Pot

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 02:28:20 -0400

Title	Brush Pot
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	late 16th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

carved in relief with lotus flowers

Brush Washer

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 06:00:30 -0400

Title	Brush Washer
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Small dish with fluted edge; grey glaze with darkened crackle

Brush Pot

Artist Unknown (China) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:47:39 -0500

Title	Brush Pot
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G216

Organic, tree trunk design, wider at bottom with tapering top

Brush Pot

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 03:27:53 -0400

Title	Brush Pot
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	1662-1722
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G216

irregular oval section, slightly tapered to foot; highly 3-dimensional relief carving on 2/3 of outer surface; 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove in a bamboo forest

Brush Pot

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 02:29:24 -0400

Title	Brush Pot
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G216

carved exterior imitates root texture; repeated s-curve in carved design; circular raised platform at bottom of bowl, removes from pot

Brush Handle and Cover

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 06:28:47 -0400

Title	Brush Handle and Cover
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	late 15th-early 16th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

handle carved with 4 cartouches with buildings and bridge in continuous scenes; cover has 2 cartouches; one figure in each cartouche except one on cover and one on handle; red lacquer

Brush

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 03:12:24 -0400

Title	Brush
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	18th-early 19th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G216

single dragon ascending toward brush; clouds throughout; openwork carving; hardwood ends with brown and reddish veneers

Brush Rest

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 04:08:18 -0400

Title	Brush Rest
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

clear naturally occurring crystal carved in the form of a mountain with five peaks and valleys; short wooden stand with four ruyi head feet

Lotus Bud Waterdropper

Studio of Ch'en Ming-yuan — Wed, 29 May 2013 02:29:09 -0400

Title	Lotus Bud Waterdropper
Artist	Studio of Ch'en Ming-yuan
Date
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

lotus bud and pod group, small snail on underside of bud provides support for the group; lotus buds and pods reflected in woodstand and carved to intigrate waterdropper as though it is growing from the stand

Water Dropper

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 03:51:51 -0400

Title	Water Dropper
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G217

Crouching hoofed mythical animal; double horn with head turned to side and mouth open; scaly body with flamelike ribbons at haunches; tufted mane and tail

Ink Stone in the Form of a Shell

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 03:35:38 -0400

Title	Ink Stone in the Form of a Shell
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	late 18th-19th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G217

brownish-purple stone carved into a large conch shell with high and low relief barnacles, clams and a small crab, all with yellow-green 'eyes', on both top and bottom

Ink Stone and Cover

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 03:32:09 -0400

Title	Ink Stone and Cover
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G217

slightly irregular rectangular shape; 2 wells inside base; base concave on bottom; cover decorated with lightly incised flower and star shaped leaves surrounded by a scrolling border

Imperial Ink Stone

K'ang-hsi Workshops — Wed, 29 May 2013 03:08:09 -0400

Title	Imperial Ink Stone
Artist	K'ang-hsi Workshops
Date	1662-1722
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G217

green stone; rectangular with rounded edges; sunken water pool and relief design of peach with 3 leaves on waves on front; inscription and 2 imperial seals on back

Inkstone with Fitted Box

Lu T'ung — Wed, 29 May 2013 05:47:38 -0400

Title	Inkstone with Fitted Box
Artist	Lu T'ung
Date	early 19th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G215

flat circular covered box with squared off sides; lacquered organic motif at top and sides of cover, band of similar design carried through to base edge; brown lacquer ground, black interior

Wrist Rest

Artist Unknown (China) — Wed, 29 May 2013 04:03:48 -0400

Title	Wrist Rest
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G216

curved section of bamboo carved on convex side with bird eating an insect chrysalis; branches and leaves at L and R

A Chinese Scholar's Tools

Brush Pot

Brush Pot

late 16th century

Brush Washer

Brush Washer

Brush Pot

Brush Pot

Brush Pot

Brush Pot

1662-1722

Brush Pot

Brush Pot

Brush Handle and Cover

Brush Handle and Cover

late 15th-early 16th century

Brush

Brush

18th-early 19th century

Brush Rest

Brush Rest

Lotus Bud Waterdropper

Lotus Bud Waterdropper

Water Dropper

Water Dropper

Ink Stone in the Form of a Shell

Ink Stone in the Form of a Shell

late 18th-19th century

Ink Stone and Cover

Ink Stone and Cover

Imperial Ink Stone

Imperial Ink Stone

1662-1722

Inkstone with Fitted Box

Inkstone with Fitted Box

early 19th century

Wrist Rest

Wrist Rest