Brush Holder China dated 1908 The brush pot is painted in ink with a scene of a twisting plum branch growing above and behind a craggy and precariously-tilted rock. A poem, presumably written by the artist who painted the pot, fills the remaining space. A six-character mark written on the bottom indicates that the pot was produced during the Guangxu period at the end of the Qing dynasty: ????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????[?]???Jin Jijin [Jin Nong, 1687-1764] painted the calamus, mentioning [in the inscription] the [metaphorical] marriage of a lump of rock to the calamus.
Brush Holder China dated 1908 The brush pot is painted in ink with a scene of a twisting plum branch growing above and behind a craggy and precariously-tilted rock. A poem, presumably written by the artist who painted the pot, fills the remaining space. A six-character mark written on the bottom indicates that the pot was produced during the Guangxu period at the end of the Qing dynasty: ????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????[?]???Jin Jijin [Jin Nong, 1687-1764] painted the calamus, mentioning [in the inscription] the [metaphorical] marriage of a lump of rock to the calamus. In my opinion, for marrying the young man of the calamus family, the plum is indispensable. I paint calamus and rocks, too, to set off the plum branch. In the wuwu year [1858] Hu Gongshou (1823-1886) records this in his studio in Shanghai. [seal]: Gongshou ??????Made in the Guangxu reign era [1875-1908] of the Great Qing dynasty. View more. Brush Holder. China. dated 1908. Porcelain painted with ink over a white glaze (Dehua ware). Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Guangxu period (1875–1908). Ceramics
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