Brush Holder with bamboo and plum blossoms, 19th century, Unknown Korean, 5 1/16 × 4 1/4 × 4 3/16 in. ( × × cm), Porcelain with colbalt-blue design under clear glaze, Korea, 19th century, 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

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