Minneapolis Institute of Art
Brush Holder with bamboo and plum blossoms
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- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Porcelain with colbalt-blue design under clear glaze
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 122597
This late Joseon cup used to hold writing brushes is decorated with an age-old Chinese motif, plum blossoms and bamboo, here rendered in cobalt blue. Together with the pine tree, evergreen bamboo and winter-blooming plum represent hardy plants that are symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the resilient scholar. Korea, Asia
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- Credit line
- Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
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