Minneapolis Institute of Art

Brush rest

China

Date

18th century

Medium

Ivory

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This small ivory brushrest is carved in the shape of a tai-hu garden rock. Growing between the pierced stones are flowers and a gnarled prunus tree. The tai hu rock and prunus are standard symbols for scholarly tenacity and their use as motifs in a brush rest is, therefore, perfectly logical. China, Asia

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